Waterways around Harkers Island and the channel from Harkers Island to Cape Lookout are shown in Army Corps of Engineers surveys overlaid Google Earth imagery provided by Carteret County’s Shoreline Protection Office. Map: Google et al.
CARTERET COUNTY Boaters unfamiliar with the waters around Harkers Island and Cape Lookout National Seashore can quickly get into a lot of trouble, and that’s happening more and more.
The risk of running aground near Cape Lookout is nothing new and even seasoned skippers have discovered the perils.
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Beach nourishment progress map for the Morehead City Harbor maintenance dredging project as of Feb. 3. Image: Carteret County Shoreline Protection Office
Maintenance dredging at the harbor for the North Carolina Port of Morehead City and simultaneous beach nourishment project for 2.5 miles of Atlantic Beach oceanfront that began Jan. 6 is one-third complete.
Weeks Marine is the contractor for the $18 million project planned under the Dredged Material Management Plan, or DMMP, developed for the Morehead City Harbor by the Army Corps of Engineers and the National Park Service.
Related: Dredging/Beach Renourishment Set to Begin The plan is to nourish just shy of 2.5 miles of Atlantic Beach’s oceanfront with the more than 1.143 million cubic yards of shoal material expected to be excavated or dredged from the Morehead City Harbor, mostly from the areas known as the Range B, Cutoff, and Range A.