Researchers Say
Beachfront roads 2! Occsn Isle
Reach and Oak Island will be sus
ceptible 10 closures from ocean
damage within the next 20 years, ac
cording to N.C. Stale University re
searchers.
Six sections of harrier island
roads in Brunswick County are
among 22 along the North Carolina
coast that may be vulnerable to
wave ovcrwash, sand deposits,
flooding or undermining, a recently
completed two-year study indicates.
"They 're not in danger, but over a
period of years they could be," said
Dr. John R. Stone, associate profes
sor of civil engineering at N.C. Suite
and a member of the study team.
Stone said researchers concluded
that approximately five miles of the
beachfront road at Occan Isle Beach
starting at the east end of the island
are "vulnerable."
On Oak Island, the team deter
mined that sections of Occan Drive
at Yaupon Beach and Long Bcach
are susceptible to future damage and
closures. Fori Caswell Bcach Road
near the CP&L pumping station is
also considered vulnerable. A por
tion of that toad was relocated in
1990.
The local portions of roads are
among 22 sections totaling 35 miles
that were pinpointed in the study,
which began in 1989. It was de
signed to help transportation offi
cials predict highway problems be
tween now and 2010.
Ocean Boulevard East at Holdcn
Bcach was not identified as one of
REDWINE
Hearing Set
For Fishermen
Local fishermen will have a
chance to com
ment on propos
als to require a
license io sell
seafood and ab
olish the N.C.
Marine Fisher
ies Commission
at an upcoming
public hearing.
The N.C.
Joint Legislative
Study Commission on Seafood and
Aquaculture will conduct the hear
ing Monday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in
the Public Assembly Building in
Bolivia.
State Rep. David Rcdwinc, who is
co-chairman of the commission, said
area fishermen will be allowed to
speak at the hearing about any other
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industry.
The two proposals involving the
seafood sales license and the need for
the Marine Fisheries Commission
were presented in the form of bills
during the 1991 legislative session.
Redwinc said they were passed to
the legislative committee for further
study, and the hearing is being held
to gauge public opinion.
The legislative commission will
meet Tuesday, Feb. 18, from 9 a.m.
until noon at the Jones-Byrd Club
house at Sea Trail Plantation in Sun
set Beach.
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ANOTHER SECTION of East First Street at Ocean Isle Beach buckled and crumbled during
Hurricane Hugo in 1989. N.C. State University researchers say about five miles of road on the island's
east end are susceptible to damage within the next 20 years.
the susccptiblc areas, though il has
sustained damage from erosion in
rccent years.
In addition to Stone, study team
members included associate civil en
gineering professors Dr. Margery F.
Overton and Dr. John S. Fisher.
Pal Strong, highway research en
gineer for the N.C. Department of
Transportation, said the vulnerabili
ty of the roads represents the poten
tial for disruption of traffic and in
convenicncc to the public rather
than posing any immediate danger.
In doing the study, the N.C. State
researchers developed a computer
model that could be used to review
coastal highway problems for a 20
year period.
The future position of the shore
Minor Injuries Listed
In Two Highway Wrecks
Only minor injuries were reported
in two accidents on Brunswick
County highways iasi week.
Two Southport people were in
jured cariy Saturday when lite car
they were in overturned on N.C. 179
about 2.5 miles south of Shallotte.
John Ralph Ladd, 30, was
charged with driving while impaired
and driving while his license was re
voked after the 2 a.m. accident, re
ported State Trooper B.D. Bam
hardL
According to Barnhardt's report,
Ladd was traveling west on N.C.
179 when his 1982 Datsun traveled
off the eastbound shoulder, struck a
large mailbox, ran into the ditch and
overturned.
The car came to rest on iL< top,
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Both Ladd and a passenger, Ricky
Dean Ladd, 23, of Southport, re
ceived minor injuries and were tak
en to The Brunswick Hospital in
Supply.
Damage was estimated at S2,(XX)
to the car and $100 to the mailbox.
Three Injured
Three people were injured Friday
afternoon in a wrcck on U.S. 17
about 2.6 miles south of Shallotte.
Timothy James Strickland, 33, of
Shallotte, was charged with making
an unsafe movement following the 5
p.m. accident. State Trooper R.L.
Murray reported.
According to Murray's report,
Strickland was traveling south on
U.S. 17 when he attempted a left
turn while another vchicle was pass
ing Strickland's 1986 Ford pickup
struck the right side of a 1989 Ford
passenger van driven by John
Jackson Kelley Jr., 29. of Conway,
S.C., Murray reported.
Both drivers and a passenger in
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land, 25, of Supply, received minor
injuries, but no one was transported
to the hospital.
Damage was estimated at $3,500
to the Strickland pickup and S4.500
to the Kelley van.
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Island Roads Are Vulnerable
line was projected using computer
digitized maps ot the barrier isiaiuis
and erosion rate data. Stone said.
If the shoreline was determined to
be within 230 feet of the highways
in the 20-year period, the roadways
were considered vulnerable to ex
cessive ovcrwash and possible un
dercutting.
The N.C. DOT has found histori
cally that road repairs arc most often
necessary in areas where the ocean
is within 230 feet of a road.
Most of the highways arc relative
ly close to the beach with a single
row of dunes in between. Erosion
rates in the vulnerable areas average
about three feet per year and go up
to 1 5 feet per year in some locations.
Besides pinpointing vulnerable
areas. Stone said the study provides
recommendations for correcting the
problems and protecting the high
ways.
Engineering recommendations in
clude relocating roadways either to
new locations or existing parallel
roads, replacing sand that has been
washed away and abandoning some
sections near inlets. The estimated
cost of the work is S 100 million.
North Carolina's coastal highway
system extends 200 miles over a sc
ries of barrier islands. Tourists trav
eling those roads generate an esti
mated Sl.l billion in revenue each
year.
Strong said most of the highway
segments studied are considered vi
lal. "As a result, the study will be a
useful planning uOC'iimCiit IP. helping
the department protect these high
ways," he said.
Although the study model focuses
on North Carolina, Stone said it can
be applied to any roads that run ad
jacent to ocean shorelines if the ap
propriate data exists.
"Simply because the highways
arc next to the shoreline, they arc
subject to a variety of natural forces
and arc always being damaged," he
said.
"It's imperative to have a reliable
means of measuring and planning
for the damage if you arc going to
make cost-effective decisions about
repair and protection."
Bus Class Offered
The N.C. Department of Motor
Vehicles is offering a three-day driv
ing course for prospective school
bus drivers, announced Vicki Jcn
reuc, driver education specialist.
The course is scheduled Wednes
day through Friday, Feb. 5-8, at
West Brunswick High School, on
N.C. 130 west of Shallouc.
Students must have a North Caro
lina driver's license and have had no
moving violations on their driving
record within the last 12 months. All
three days of the course must be
completed as well, she said.
For more information, call Ms.
Jenreue at the Traffic Safety Office,
919-754-5098.
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