Erosion /tags/erosion Erosion en-US Copyright Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:14:52 GMT More and more beachfront homes are collapsing, and there's no easy way to prevent it /environment/2024-11-22/beachfront-homes-collapsing-north-carolina-rodanthe-outer-banks Six houses have collapsed into the waves at Rodanthe this year, and 11 in the past four years. With much of the buffering beach and dunes eaten away by erosion, more are poised to fall in any time. The question is becoming not how to save such houses, but rather how to remove them before they collapse. Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:14:52 GMT /environment/2024-11-22/beachfront-homes-collapsing-north-carolina-rodanthe-outer-banks Jay Price Morehead City's barrier island is shrinking. Can oysters and concrete pyramids save it? /environment/2024-06-20/sugarloaf-island-morehead-city-oysters-wave-attenuation-devices Sugarloaf Island is a small, barrier island that protects the downtown waterfront of Morehead City. A multimillion-dollar project is underway to help restore the eroding island. Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:34:34 GMT /environment/2024-06-20/sugarloaf-island-morehead-city-oysters-wave-attenuation-devices Celeste Gracia National Park Service demolishes two Outer Banks homes in a new erosion mitigation program /environment/2023-11-22/national-park-service-oceanfront-erosion-mitigation-outer-banks National Park Service deconstructed two threatened homes to avoid future oceanside collapses. Wed, 22 Nov 2023 13:30:07 GMT /environment/2023-11-22/national-park-service-oceanfront-erosion-mitigation-outer-banks Zachary Turner Beach nourishment along Outer Banks will be sustainable for ‘foreseeable future’ /news/2022-05-09/beach-nourishment-outer-banks-sustainable-foreseeable-future It's unclear exactly how long the 'foreseeable future' is. These projects are expected to become more expensive over time. Regardless, residents say they will support these replenishment efforts. Mon, 09 May 2022 11:04:53 GMT /news/2022-05-09/beach-nourishment-outer-banks-sustainable-foreseeable-future Celeste Gracia Pleasure Island Beaches Undergo $10M Nourishment Project /environment/2015-12-23/pleasure-island-beaches-undergo-10m-nourishment-project Kure and Carolina Beaches are closed until spring for a roughly $10 million beach nourishment project. Sand dredged up from the ocean is being used to… Wed, 23 Dec 2015 13:24:11 GMT /environment/2015-12-23/pleasure-island-beaches-undergo-10m-nourishment-project Rebecca Martinez NCDOT To Replace Aging Bonner Bridge Over Oregon Inlet /environment/2015-06-15/ncdot-to-replace-aging-bonner-bridge-over-oregon-inlet The Herbert C. Bonner Bridge is old— 52 years old, to be exact. Since 1963, the aging Bonner Bridge has connected the Oregon Inlet to Rodanthe in Dare Co.… Mon, 15 Jun 2015 20:40:39 GMT /environment/2015-06-15/ncdot-to-replace-aging-bonner-bridge-over-oregon-inlet Charlie Shelton-Ormond Ocean Isle Debates Terminal Groin To Fight Erosion /environment/2015-03-03/ocean-isle-debates-terminal-groin-to-fight-erosion Residents of Ocean Isle Beach will get a chance Tuesday to weigh in on a proposed terminal groin project.If it is built, the Ocean Isle terminal groin… Tue, 03 Mar 2015 12:23:35 GMT /environment/2015-03-03/ocean-isle-debates-terminal-groin-to-fight-erosion Dave DeWitt Problematic Section Of NC-12 Will Have Beach Widened /environment/2014-07-09/problematic-section-of-nc-12-will-have-beach-widened The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $20.3 million contract for beach re-nourishment just north of Rodanthe. The contract is going to the same… Wed, 09 Jul 2014 18:32:46 GMT /environment/2014-07-09/problematic-section-of-nc-12-will-have-beach-widened ¹ÏÉñapp ¹ÏÉñapp New Bridges Going Up On Outer Banks /environment/2012-07-11/new-bridges-going-up-on-outer-banks North Carolina Department of Transportation officials are working on permanent fixes for last year's damage from Hurricane Irene on the Outer Banks. Two… Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:21:00 GMT /environment/2012-07-11/new-bridges-going-up-on-outer-banks Eric Hodge