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rom t u* lloldiMi Hcarli Fish||i| I’icr. whU-li was also damaged by
aKlrtmmnical liigli Hdcs and a low-pressure storm system. Most occanfronl
homes lost decks, steps and walkways as from 10 feet to 12 feet of dunes were
lost to till* tide.
ureage Spoil Sought lo Froteef
County's Water Transport Line
BY .Sli.SAN FSIIFK
I)iel«itJ« of the l.ockwtUKl Folly
i\iver passage resumeti Monday
after sturin-related delays last week,
but no decision had hiTii made on
whelher spoil material would Ik*
pumped onto the east end of Holden
Beach to help protect a c*ounly water
transmission line.
' We’re discussing it now.” said
.lim Wells, dredging section emet tor
the U.S. Army Corps of Fngincers
Wilmington office. * We haven’t
(lociiled yet. We don't know if we'll be
able 10 do ii or iiui.”
Me said Holden Beach had not been
scltcdulcd to receive spoil from the
project because it hal received some
after the la.st dredging.
"When we schedule lo place sand,
wc have lo be consistent and
everything in order.” he said, noting
plans weren't nunlc except for I.ong
Beach.
Holden Beach Mayor John Tandy
requested the Corps’ a.ssistance Mon
day. (’ounty Attorney David Clegg
said Monday night that C'ungrcssinan
Cliarlie Kosc lu*d also been a.sknd for
as.sistancc in negotiations with the
Corps.
‘‘'The water main extends under
Lockwood’s F’olly Inlet from Long
Beach to Holden Beach.
Clegg said the line under the inlet
weathered the storm well ami re
mained secure. However, erosion
(luring la.st Thursday’s storm liad ex
posed a portion ot the line on Holden
Beach between the inlet and a valve.
“Wc’rc not in a bad situation;
we’re trying lo avert a bad
situation,” he stressed.
With the cooperation of the N.C.
Department of Transportation, the
county plans lo set pilings left from
the old Holden Beuc-h Bridge in front
of the valve.
Any sand provided by the Corps
would be placed over the pilings in an
effort lu create an urtiiiciui protec
tive dune.
The Corps’ dredging project has
been inlerrrupted several times,
most recently by Thursday’s storm,
which scattered pipeline laid to carry
dredge spoil to the west end of I.ong
Beach.
The pipes were first disrupted dur
ing a Dec. 1 and 2 storm after pump
ing had already begun.
Wells .said the Corps expects to
pump nlraut 100,000-plus cubic yards
of sand from the dredge, but he
couldn't predict what benefit it might
h?ivo to the eroded we.«;t end of Long
Beach.
'We’re hoping It will do some
good,” he said. "It just happened we
were going to be here. They’re right
lucky we got lined up with it.”
AT 671 OCEAN BOULEVAHI) WEST at Holden B(.*a(*ii, the "Four It’s” suf
fered its first major damage since it was built 26 years ago. according to its
owner, Raymond Edwards oI Mt. Airy. Edwards was on the scene Friday
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morning, propping up the porch and shoring up (he underside of the house
where (he surf exposed (he concre(e slab on which i( Is built
WA'I'ER SPILLED over (lie sides of (he canal and in(o
yard.s and homes on Tarpon and Snilfish s(ree(s when
(he (ide came in a( Holden Heaeli. Since many owners
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live ou( of (own, (here was no way Ias( week (o es(inta(c
(he amoun( of damage done (0 these homc.s. which are
located on Tarpon Street
Holden Beach Committee Discusses
Solutions To Post-Storm Problems
SIAfF PHOlOB* ItrASWIlH
BY ETTA SMITH
A special conuniltcc appointed by
the Holden Beach Town Boanl at its
Monday meeting wHl make .sugges
tions to the town board tonight
(Thursday) about how lo handle pro-
hlems re.snUinu from the Jan. I
.storm.
The cominillce agreed Tuesday lo
.suggest several pos.siblc solutions to
the repair of damaged roads and
dunes and to set policies regarding
burning debris left on the beach from
Uic storm, and on when this debris
can be collected by anyone other than
oceanfronl property owners.
Committee members arc Coiimiis-
sioners Lyn Holden and (iraliarn
King; Town Manager Bob Buck; pro
perty owner Bob Rohde, and Dwight
f’arroll, building inspector.
The main topics of discu.s.sion were
the repair of daiimged roads on some
of the canal streeLs and the four
area.s wlwrc the dunes were breach
ed by the high tide.s tluit swept over
the area during the Jan. 1 storm.
Sohitiorus suggc.stcd include the
emergency bulldozing of .sand from
the beach to the dunes at the town's
expense, with the hope of recovering
seme of the expenses from the pro
perty owners or the oceanfront later.
Members also discussed bulldozing
sand and at the same time have the
board initiate procedures as set forth
by state statutes to assess oceanfront
property owners for the work.
Leasing a bulldozer and operator
at the town’s expense to repair the
breached areas of dunes and asking
property owners who want their pro
perty to be bulldozed to pay for it was
another alternative the committee
.suggested.
"I think a lot of people are willing
to pay up front to have the work
done,” said committee member
Oraham King. “In fact, a lot of them
are ready to do it now.”
Town Manager Buck said he has
problems with assessment because
the money is collected after the work
is done, and he felt it would be dif
ficult to get a contractor to agree to
do the work unless the town could pay
up-f»-ont.
King told the committee that he
and Buck arc also checking the
possibility of getting some .sort of
federal assistance to help finance the
cost of repair.s, but that it looks
highly unlikely, since other coastal
towns with even more damage than
Holden Beach are being told they
can’t receive any.
The conunittcc decided to siigge.st
lo commissioners that Henry Thomp
son, the town's maintanence super
visor, be allowed to work with a con
tractor, under Thompson'.s .supen’I-
sion, to clean up dcbri.s Iron: the
town's streets and to operate a
scraper where the streets need
repair.
Buck told the committee that the
town has about $13,000 in capiUil
outlay money that can be used for
street repairs.
The committee will also siigge.st to
the board that oceanfront property
owners be allowed to burn .sonic of
the debris on the beach, but only with
a permit issued by the town.
They will also suggest to cotnmi.s-
sioncrs that a policy be set aiiuwing
only oceanfront property owners to
take lumber washed along the shore
from damaged stairs and decks for a
week following the storm. After the
week is up, anyone can take the
debris.
Buck told the committee members;
that there were trucks pulling on the
beach and loading up with treated
lumber following la.st week's .'dorm
MACE’S TRAII.ER PARK at Holden Beach was badly sea, it took the entire south wall of (he building and left
damaged when high tides came cra.shlng through this everything from couches to bicycles scattered on the
storage building. When the water moved hack out to beach.
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WITH I'l'S BROAD STRAND and deep frontal dunes.
Sunset Beach siKstaincd less oceanfront structural
damage than other areas. However. 9S to 30 feet of from
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tal dunes eroded and numerous streets flooded. Water
was still deep Friday afternoon on porioirs of Canal and
nlhcr streets.