Budget dredge 20199/8/2023 ![]() ![]() In recent years the shoaling has become severe enough to affect charter and recreational use of both inlets, creating even more economic uncertainty in those profitable industries. The inlets have often been closed to the larger fishing trawlers that once worked out of the Wanchese harbor, resulting in a serious decline in local fish landings and financial difficulties for fish houses and supporting industries in northern Dare as well as Hatteras Island. The Oregon Inlet Task Force, at its meeting Wednesday, endorsed the terms of the loan funded by a provision in the state budget passed in the 2018 session of the General Assembly.Īlthough the federal government is responsible for keeping both inlets dredged and navigable, budget shortages and constant shoaling have made that nearly impossible over the past two decades. (Voice)ĭare County took the first step in approving the structure of a loan that will use $15 million of state money to build a dredge aimed at keeping Oregon and Hatteras inlets clear. The dredge would be similar to the Corps of Engineers’ Murden.
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