Local fishermen have told The Daily News that shoaling has not improved in recent months. Low-tide depths of 1-to-3 feet span most of the inlet between base and North Topsail Beach, according to Corps of Engineers imagery published in December. Leaders called that project a channel realignment.Īt that time, the inlet had similar problems. That would not include clearing the outer bar just beyond mouth of the inlet, she said.įor example, it cost $5.6 million for an elaborate beach-nourishment-and-dredging project in 2013. Onslow County Commissioner Barbara Ikner said the amount could be effective for “two dredgings” of the inlet alone, but she added that the price would vary by project scope. Jones also secured $500,000 for the inlet’s dredging last year and he helped to secure $220,000 in Fiscal Year 2017. Walter Jones Jr., R-Farmville, channeled $500,000 from the federal budget this week for Army Corps of Engineers to dredge this year. To address New River Inlet’s unnavigable shoals, U.S. As erosion brings the ocean’s turbulence close to North End homes, residents could walk most of the shallows between North Topsail Beach and Camp Lejeune.
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