[aln]

I've seen some articles about a beach nourishment project in Buxton around the motels and Oramar in 2017 and was wondering if there was any new info on that as far as start / end dates ? I'm getting ready to sign my
lease for a late October rental oceanfront on Oramar Drive but I don't want to book there if sand's being pumped. I wouldn't think they would dredge that time of year but ya never know. I've checked the Dare Cnty. page
and looked in the Island Free Press but can't find anything current. Also ask the realtors if they had heard anything definite and they were clueless as well. So any of you guys have some inside baseball on this project ?

 

[Jollymon]

Hold off signing till your sure, I'm sure someone at Dare Cnty. would know you'll have to do some calling and not wait to find it on a website.

 

[aln]

Just an FYI for anyone heading OBX this spring/summer/fall. There are beach nourishment projects for both the northern and southern OBX. For those interested here is the best link for info regarding the projects
http://morebeachtolove.com/ and according to a reservation specialist with Midgette Realty the Buxton project is scheduled to start in April and be completed by June but I can't find any confirmation for it yet.

 

[Jollymon]

How's it going to effect the fishing

 

[bronzbck1]

It wont

 

[bronzbck1]

It wont effect fishing

 

[LEADDRAFT]

How's it going to effect the fishing

I beg to differ on that.. Ask most of Us folks "down South" it has been discussed extensively here..

 

[bronzbck1]

Your talking about a half mile of beach

 

[aln]

I beg to differ on that.. Ask most of Us folks "down South" it has been discussed extensively here..

I visited and lived at Carolina Beach when the first beach nourishment was done down there and I guarantee it screwed up fishing there BIG TIME and it hasn't been the same since. Covered all the natural shell beds and filled in sloughs, holes and troughs almost end to end.

 

[aln]

Your talking about a half mile of beach

What .. you mean the Buxton project is only a half mile ?? Thought it was 2.9 miles ..

 

[spydermn]

Aln: looks like 2.9 miles to me. I am not privy to first hand experience but everything I have read about this kills fishing.

 

[spydermn]

I am not trying throw fuel on the fire but do the bird brains have anything to do with this? if they smurf up the fishing even more will they be working towards their ultimate goal?

 

[bronzbck1]

I would like to see a map of what they are doing. Buxton doesn't have 2.9 miles of ocean front.
They need to do the whole island. You can't fish but 2-3 hours tops ether side of low tide right now. Been that way since Mathew. I don't see winter storms helping the mater.

 

[aln]

Straight off the Dare County morebeachtolove website ..
" The Buxton Beach Nourishment project will be constructed in 2017 to ensure safe reliable access to Hatteras Island via NC 12. The project includes approximately 2.9 miles of beach and will initially widen the beach by approximately 250 feet. The project cost is estimated at $25 million, with the majority of the funding coming from the Beach Nourishment Fund.

On June 6, 2016 the Dare County Commissioners voted to establish a service district for the Buxton Beach Nourishment Project that includes parcels of land at the north end of Buxton located between Highway 12 and Old Lighthouse Road, and the four parcels north of Highway 12. This Service District went into effect with the new budget year on July 1 and the tax rate included in the 2017 Budget is 25 cents per $100 of valuation. This means that a property owner in the service district with a home assessed at $300,000 pays $750 in taxes. The tax rate is established each year by the Board of Commissioners as part of the annual budgeting process."

And there is a map of the service district available on the Dare cnty. site

 

[bronzbck1]

So they are going north of town into 38 & going around the horn to the jettys. That's 2.9

 

[poppop1]

Aln, did the beach nourishment work at Carolina beach?? They did a big beach nourishment at the northern end of North Topsail beach around 2013, big dune, sea oats, snow fence, new ramps to the beach. it looked great, I don't think it lasted a year, the ocean slowly but surely just ate that sand away, now there are sand bags protecting the homes, it's a shame. I am not a Al Gore fan for sure, but something is going on along the coast, either the coast is sinking or the ocean is rising, or both. A lot smarter people out there than I, so I would love to hear some good answers, and I hope the Buxton beach nourishment works.

 

[aln]

So they are going north of town into 38 & going around the horn to the jettys. That's 2.9

Pretty much. Only reason I was interested is because I had a pending 2 week oceanfront house reservation late October near the motels. And I did want to pass along the info to others cause if your renting property within
an area where beach construction is going on .. and planned to fish where you're staying .. pipes, dozers and sand pumping can really f'up your trip if you're figuring on walking out your door to fish the beach.

 

[bronzbck1]

Rent in Rodanthe or Hatteras Village

 

[LEADDRAFT]

Let Me please "chime-in" here.. The "point" where is sand starts being "pumped & dumped", Southwards from the "starting point" Will be DEAD & DEVOID, of fish for the following year, until the next spring/summer.. this is a fact. Everything on the shoreline/seabottom will be Devoid of LIFE. Those lil critters that reside on the bottom are buried with Sterile sand. NO fish in their right mind will inhabit the area(s), as there won't be anything for them to feed on. Sand fleas, coquina clams, worms, etc etc, are gone. Which equals NO fish.. Trust Me I know... Every 3 years Carolina Beach gets it's "renourishment", it takes the Beach & bottom a spring & till the following spring to recover.
We'll have one "Bad" year of fishing then 2 great years, or until this tomfoolery is repeated again...

 

[LEADDRAFT]

Aln, did the beach nourishment work at Carolina beach?? They did a big beach nourishment at the northern end of North Topsail beach around 2013, big dune, sea oats, snow fence, new ramps to the beach. it looked great, I don't think it lasted a year, the ocean slowly but surely just ate that sand away, now there are sand bags protecting the homes, it's a shame. I am not a Al Gore fan for sure, but something is going on along the coast, either the coast is sinking or the ocean is rising, or both. A lot smarter people out there than I, so I would love to hear some good answers, and I hope the Buxton beach nourishment works.

What's happening is Natural for Topsail, especially the North End. Years ago, even before it was "built", the Developer(s), (The Guys name Marlow Bostic, HE is the one Whom built those Condos called "the reef" & St Regis, flown in on Copters years ago, pre-fabed Condos ) were warned of the Nature of the Inlet. The Island itself does what's called "Island/beach overturn", ALL Barrier Islands do this. This is Why they, (Barrier Islands) are called Shifting Sands.. It's a natural occurrence.. I could explain it all, but it would be quite lengthy..
Here is a Old News Article on the original developer, Marlow Bostic--> http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/NC/20060420/News/605116550/WM/

Years ago, before Marlow Bostic "Developed" North Topsail, there was a "Hill" about 150 FEET tall of sand & a massive Live Oak forest where the Inlet currently is Located @ present... a Massive Dune like Kitty Hawk has.. Marlow Bulldosed "flat" ..Using the sand filling in Wetlands for St Regis etc..