Ocean Isle Beach officials say the planned terminal groin would eliminate long-term erosion damage to existing development on the east end of town. Image: Corps of Engineers
A recent court ruling now opens the way for Ocean Isle Beach to build a terminal groin at the east end of its ocean shoreline and plans are underway to kick off construction later this year.
A three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s decision that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fairly considered the alternatives included in an environmental impact statement examining the proposed project. The judges rendered their opinion March 26.
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Shoaling in Oregon Inlet, shown here in an undated photo, dates back to when the inlet was first formed by a hurricane in 1846. Photo: Oregon Inlet Task Force
WANCHESE As Oregon Inlet continues to thwart nearly every effort to tame it, North Carolina Congressman Greg Murphy, a Republican from Greenville, is lending his voice to reviving pursuit of twin jetties to prevent sand clogging the inlet’s navigation channel.
“What we need to do is we need have the jetties built,” Murphy said at a brief press gathering Friday after touring Wanchese Marine Industrial Park. “That will be the fix.”
Congressman Murphy: Additional dredging for Silver Lake Harbor February 2, 2021, by Eldin Ganic
After North Carolina Congressman Greg Murphy called for additional funding, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced plans to include additional dredging operations during their regular maintenance of Manteo-Shallowbag Bay, Silver Lake Harbor and New River Inlet.
A special request for an additional $1.3 million for these projects was made to the USACE via the Office of Management and Budget by Murphy, which was subsequently granted.
Work is expected to be completed by the end of the fiscal year.
“Dredging is an indispensable and critical service to eastern North Carolina’s commercial and recreational fishing industries. Livelihoods as well as our national defense depend upon navigable waters in the Third District,” said