Only three central corridor alternatives from a second Oak Island
bridge to N. C. 211 remain under consideration. DOT says it will no
longer consider corridor alternatives running through Sunset Harbor.
The Army Corps of Engineers is accepting comment on the project
before ruling on necessary permit applications.
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Continued from page 1
4401 Reedy Creek Road, Raleigh,
NC 27.611-7687. Comment will be
accepted through April 3 to the
attention of John Domey.
Comment on the project itself may
be directed to the corps’ Wilmington
District office, P. O. Box 1890,
Wilmington, NC 28402-1890, atten
tion Scott McLendon. Comment
• will be accepted through April 9.
The corps notice is significant in
that, for the first time in discussion
of road corridor between N. C. 211
and the area of the Intracoastal
Waterway opposite Middleton
Street, only three alternatives
remain under consideration. DOT
has decided that alternatives known
as A, B and C- are the only feasible
routes for the road corridor.
Initially, two other western corri
dor alternatives, D and E, had been
investigated, but were found to be
unfeasible. Both ran through Sunset
Harbor and were the subject of a
good deal of debate when former
Long Beach town councilor Frances
Allen broke ranks with the rest of
council and supported one of those
routes in appearances before local
governing boards and the N. C.
Coastal Resources Commission late
last year and early this year.
The corps notice says an environ
mental assessment (EA) performed
by the state DOT in 1994 concludes
alternatives A, B, and C are the only
feasible corridor routes between N.
C. 211 and the Yellow Banks spoil
area.
“The EA contains information rel
ative to three reasonable and feasi
ble new location alternatives that
traverse undeveloped land between
N. C. Highway 211 and Oak Island,
as well as other alternatives that
would utilize the existing corridor
along SR 1112, Sunset Harbor
Road,” the Corps of Engineers’
notice says. “Based on the analysis
in the EA, NCDOT does not consid
er any alternative that utilizes
Sunset Harbor Road as reasonable
and feasible and these alternatives
are not currently under considera
tion for this project.”
Long Beach mayor Joan Altman
Tuesday said the exclusion of the
western corridor alternatives
through Sunset Harbor by DOT was
logical at this time, as construction
is scheduled to begin next year. It is
still up to DOT and 17 government
agencies with environmental and
historic interests in the land to
decide on one of the three remaining
central alternative corridor routes,
she noted.
“I think the consideration of alter
natives A, B and C only is consistent
with the input DOT has received
from interested state arid federal
agencies,” mayor Altman said. “It is
also consistent with what DOT has
heard, from citizens of the area at
public input meetings.”
The narrowing of corridor alterna
tives to the three most direct routes
also appears to represent a decision
sensitive to the environment. The
corps notes the three remaining
alternatives impact between 6.4 and
9.9 acres of pocosin, bottomland
hardwoods, pine plantations and
tidal wetlands when all right-of-way
is considered.
NCDOT is currently considering
wetland mitigation opportunities —
replacing wetlands disturbed by the
project — but a plan is not yet ready
for publication, it is noted.
“We were told at public meetings
held on the bridge that DOT had
pretty much settled on the three cen
tral corridors, based on cost and
environmental considerations,”
mayor Altman said. She said as a
courtesy to agencies involved in
corridor selection, DOT had per
formed a second analysis of Sunset
HarbOr Road alternatives mid con
firmed original conclusions that
these were unfeasible.
“The proposed project is the con
struction of a high-rise bridge over
the (Intracoastal Waterway) from
Middleton Avenue to the mainland,
the replacement of Bridge No. 206
over Davis Canal (at Middleton
Street) and the construction of a
two-lane road on a new location
from the (Intracoastal Waterway) to
N. C. Highway 211, near Smith,
Brunswick County, North
Carolina,” the corps notice says.
The corps notice notes the purpos
es of the second bridge and corridor
project include:
■ “(To) provide safe and timely
emergency evacuation of Oak Island
during severe storms or a nuclear
accident at the Brunswick Nuclear
Power Plant;
■ “(To) provide better access to U.
S. 17;
■ “(To) provide better access for
Oak Island residents and visitors to
county services, government
offices, schools, medical and emer-,
gency services and additional law
enforcement;
■ “(To) improve the level of ser
vice of the existing bridge.”
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or both, may have worked for
Morgan, helping him to rebuild the
outbuilding on his property.
The ligature used in Morgan’s
strangling, a weapon used in his
bludgeoning and a knife used to stab
him were recovered by investigators
from an area near the Morgan home
the day his body was discovered. In
the course of their investigation
police also determined a credit card,
money clip and driver’s license had
been taken from the Morgan home.
Executing a search warrant on the
Herring Drive home the two
teenagers occupied, police found
cut-up bits of the credit card and dri
ver’s license and an inscribed
money clip belonging to Morgan.
Sauls was arrested immediately
upon those discoveries and Ireland,
who is deaf, was arrested after the
services of an interpreter were
secured.
The two were charged in
September, 1997, with first-degree
murder and armed robbery.
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Continued from page 2
in the water ordinance which will
allow the town to discontinue ser
vice if bills are not paid within 30
days. But, staff will continue to use
great discretion in ordering cutoffs.
“We don’t instantly go out there
and cui their water off,” Boyd said.
“We usually call people... ”
And, commissioners decided they
will discourage use of unmetered
water for sinking pilings at new con
struction sites. While the town had
the option of establishing a “per pil
ing” fee for water use from
hydrants, it will instead require
meters be installed before pilings
are set.
While O’Connor may have lost
his fight to reduce water costs when
lines break, Boyd lost his bid to hike
user rates at this time. Boyd con
tended last month user rates should
be raised to as much as $2.40 per
1,000 gallons. None of his fellow
commissioners agreed.
“The user rate is going to remain
at $2.05 for the foreseeable future,”
O’Connor said.
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Continued from page 3
ceiling into another classroom
where a second officer was waiting.
And, Dog and Kennel tells a per
sonal side of Marco’s story not well
publicized here in Brunswick
County to date. Marco, who has
sired an estimated 40 offspring, will
have a granddaughter heading into a
law enforcement career of her own.
Hera, Greek for “Protector,” is
being raised by Dove and Marco at
their Long Beach home to take over
for Marco when he retires.
Hera, the protector, will be the
next generation of police dogs serv
ing our communities.
“Dove didn’t choose that name
idly,” Dog and Kennel notes. “Many
police dogs have sacrificed their
lives for their handlers or for some
one else’s safety.”
And now the nation knows the
story of Dove and Marco that
Brunswick County has shared for
nearly a decade.
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Mary Elizabeth Costin, 31, of Nashville
Mary Elizabeth Costin, 31, of Nashville died Wednesday, March 11, 1998. She was
bom Februaty 12, 1967, in Cumberland County, daughter of Halbert R. and Doris
Davis Costin. She was a computer operator for Swift Creek Elementary School.
Survivors include her parents; a sister, Wanda Rother of Ft. Walton Beach, FL;
brothers, Halbert R, Costin Jr. of Aynor, SC, Mike Costin and Joe Costin, both of
Bolivia; two nieces and five nephews.
A memorial service was held Saturday at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel. In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
Mary Rose Bowling Lewis of Long Beach
Mrs. Mary Rose Bowling Lewis, 92, of Long Beach died Tuesday. March 17, 1998,
at Dosher Memorial Hospital. Funeral services and interment will be in Hyden, KY,
under the direction of Walker Funeral Home.
Mrs. Lewis was born December 9, 1905, in Leslie County, KY, daughter of the late
John and Nancy Joseph Bowling, and moved here eight years ago.
She was the widow of Arnold Jack Lewis and is survived by two daughters,
Pauline Morgan of Long Beach and Ruth Lewis of Hyden, KY; a son. Doug Lewis
of Detroit, MI; 13 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren and a great-great-grand
child.
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