Faced with the very real possibility that federal funding for New Hanover County’s beach nourishment projects might have washed away, Wilmington-area officials are scrambling to try and get the projects back on track.
But with budgets stretched by the COVID-19 pandemic and time running out to finalize any beach-building work to take place later this year, it could be winter 2022 or even later before Wrightsville, Carolina and Kure beaches see fresh injections of sand on their beach strands – assuming new funding can be secured.
“Frankly, we don’t have an answer right now,” said Carolina Beach Mayor LeAnn Pierce. “We’re not sticking our heads in the sand and ignoring it, but we just don’t know. It’s extremely frustrating.”
By Christina Haley O Neal, posted Feb 4, 2021
The Wilmington Harbor Navigation Improvement Project proposed by N.C. Ports is now in federal legislation, moving it forward in the federal process. (File photo) Now that the $834 million Wilmington Harbor Navigation Improvement Project is included in federal legislation, funding for studies will be needed to keep the project rolling through the process, officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said this week.
The N.C. Ports project, which aims to deepen the Wilmington Harbor navigational channel leading to the Port of Wilmington from 42 feet to 47 feet, has been included as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020, signed into law by former President Donald Trump on Dec. 27.
Broken Law, the latest movie from an award winning Offaly film director, has landed on Netflix. Written and directed by Paddy Slattery, Broken Law is now availa.
Does your Netflix list need a revamp?
Feel like doing nothing but relaxing in front of the TV this weekend? I feel that. January is usually miserable enough, but there’s a whole lot of other things thrown into the mix this year. So some escapism from Netflix is warmly welcomed.
There’s plenty of new titles dropping on the hit streaming site, and here are just some of our top picks to sink your teeth into this weekend.
The Office (US) Seasons 1-9 – Now on Netflix
The Office starring Steve Carell is an American mockumentary sitcom television series that depicts the everyday work lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.