North Topsail Beach’s Christmas tree collection site is located on the north end of the New Jeffries lot, located at BA 31B, 315 New River Inlet Road. (Port City Daily photo/file)
NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH – Beachfront property owners in North Topsail Beach are placing donated Christmas trees along the oceanfront this week in a town-wide effort to protect the dunes.
Anyone needing to dispose of a holiday tree can drop it off at the collection site on the north end of the New Jeffries lot, located at BA 31B, 315 New River Inlet Road. The program will continue through mid-January.
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North Topsail Beach and Surf City nourishment update December 17, 2020, by Eldin Ganic
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and North Topsail Beach and Surf City Towns met Wednesday, December 9th via WebEx to gain a status update on the federal storm mitigation project.
USACE has developed a draft policy waiver for real estate acquisition and parking/access analysis waiver. This draft has been sent for comments, it is expected to be sent to district headquarters in Savannah, GA before Christmas.
According to the latest update, they expect to have the executed document by January 2021.
USACE has one financial item left to update in the PPA package, they are awaiting finical cost associated with bid prices and mobilization.
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