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Holden Officials Advised On Erosion Control BY DOUG RUTTER Rebuilding occanfront dunes at Holden Bcach will help protect property if a hurricanc or another major winter storm comes along, but the dunes won't solve the island's ongoing erosion problem. That was the message town offi cials heard Monday from Spencer Rogers, a coastal engineer with UNC Sea Grant who has studied erosion problems like the one at Holden for the last 15 years. Town officials arc concerned about the chronic erosion problem on the bcach, and they're also wor ried about dunes that were flattened during a severe winter storm March 13. "The council, as you might well imagine, is struggling with what to do," Mayor Wally Auslcy told Rogers, who was asked to advise commissioners at their meeting Monday night. 'There aren't any easy answers," Rogers told the board. "There's no tnagic that's going to fix this and make the problem go away." Rogers said rebuilding the dunes would help protect houses in the event of a storm. However, he said there's not much the community can do to control continuous erosion with its limited funds. If the town board decides to re build the damaged dunes, Rogers said sand should be brought to the island from an outside source and added to the beach. Dunes should be built as far away from the ocean as possible. As far as controlling the ongoing erosion problem along certain sec tions of the bcach, Rogers said there isn't much property owners or the town can do without spending a lot of money. Town officials say the east end of the island and the middle between the 500 and 900 blocks of Ocean Boulevard West are the worst areas for erosion. Rogers said the only way to treat the problem is with a beach nourish ment program, which costs about SI million per mile. "It's not a cure for erosion. It simply treats the illness." Chronic erosion is not uncommon in North Carolina, where most beaches lose two or three feet per year. Rogers said one of the causcs is that the sea level is rising 6 to 12 inches per century. Although other sections of Hol den Beach aren't losing much sand now, Rogers said there's no guaran icc erosion patterns won't change. "Nature isn't fair in the short term, but it usually is in the long term," he said. "Just because you have areas that aren't eroding now doesn't mean they're safe in the fu ture." Asked how to protect roads threatened by the ocean, Rogers said sandbags usually work better than sand. "If you do it right it'll give you short-term protection." Rogers advised against using bulldozers to push sand from the beach to form dunes. He said S21 million in federal money was spent in North Carolina to push up dunes following Hurricane Hugo and most of the dunes arc gone. The engineer said property own ers should fertilize vegetation along the dunes to help the plants grow and trap more sand. Town Manager Gary Parker said >hades & (Shadows Brass Lamps Candlesticks & Accent Pieces Perfect For Mother's Day Call 919-640-2758 Take Hwy. 130 West, Near Whitevilie (Just past BEMD ? Open MTTF10-5 Sat 10-3, Closed Wed. "There aren't any easy answers. There's no magic that's going to fix this and make the problem go away." ?Spencer Rogers, coastal engineer homeowners interested in rebuilding dunes at their property have until May 15 to complete the work under the state CAMA permit issued to the town. Other Business In other business Monday, com missioners: ?Gave final approval of assess ments for the recently-completed canal dredging projects. Property owners in Holdcn Beach Harbor will pay S377 for each 50-foot lot, while Heritage Harbor owners will pay SI50 per lot. Bills will be mailed in three weeks and landowners will have 30 days to pay. ?Granted permission for the annual Fourth of July fireworks display at Campground By The Sea. Town of ficials plan to discuss funding of the event when they work on the budget for next fiscal year. "If you want to put a contribution to it it'll go straight in the air," said campground manager William Williamson. Post Offices Have New Hours, No More Closing For Lunch The Shallolte and South Brunswick Islands post offices have an nounced new hours and dispatch times, according to spokesman Kathleen Heath. The Shallottc facility, on U.S. 17 Business, is now open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. with no lunchtime closing. Mail dispatch times arc 1:50 and 4:15 p.m. Saturday hours are 10 a.m. until 1p.m. The Shallottc Post Office phone number is 754-8213. The phone number in the current telephone directory will conncct the caller with the South Brunswick Post Office. 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