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THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE ONLY
PART ON HIGHWAY 12 TO GET
OFF HATTERAS
ISLAND FLOODED AGAIN AT
HIGH TIDE.
IT'S RE-OPEN NOW, BUT
TIDES ARE MAKING IT
IMPOSSIBLE FOR ROAD CREWS
TO BRING HIGHWAY 12 BACK
ON LINE.
THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE
DEALING WITH. RIPPED UP
ROADS, OVERWASH, AND
ANGRY RESIDENTS TIRED OF
RIDING THE TWO HOUR
FERRIES TO GET ON THE
ISLAND. ANDY FOX HAS ONE
OF THE ANSWERS IN
HIS INVESTIGATION INTO
SOLVING WHAT'S WRONG WITH
HATTERAS
ISLAND.
TONIGHT DARE COUNTY
MANAGER BOBBY OUTTEN IS
PUTTING TOGETHER
NUMBERS AND A PLAN TO
TAKE TO WASHINGTON TO DO
ON HATTERAS
ISLAND WHAT WAS DONE
NAGS
HEAD...BUILD MORE BEACH
ABOUT YOUR HOUSE OUT HERE
NEXT TO
OCEAN YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE
A HOUSE IN THE OCEAN))
RUNS: 07 JOHN WADSWORTH'S
HOME IS IN THE
OCEAN, SO IS HIS SEPTIC
TANK, AND HIS TRUCK
HIS HOME IS CONDEMNED AND
JOHN WADSWORTH
ISN'T SURE HE CAN
REBUILD. NOR ARE ALL THE
OWNERS OF THE
SEPTIC TANKS THAT LITTER
THE SANDS LIKE OPEN
(31;45 9) ((WHEN YOU HEAR
PEOPLE SAY YOUR
HOUSE IS IN PERIL THIS IS
WHAT YOU GET. WHEN I
BOUGHT THE HOUSE IT
DIDN'T
I BOUGHT WHERE THE WATER
WAS 100
FEET OUT WHERE IT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN)) RUNS; 13
EROSION HAS TAKEN ITS
TOLL. THERE IS NO MORE
BEACH IN MIRLO, IN
RODANTHE, IN BUXTON.
(32:01 2)
((PROTECT NC 12 BY
PUTTING A BEACH IN FRONT
OF IT)) RUNS;03 FOR
WADSWORTH AND FOR MANY
OTHERS THE ONLY SOLUTION
IS TO REPLENISH THE BEACH
TO PUMP
SAND TO SHORE. (29:30 3)
((YOU'VE GIVEN THE STORM
SOMETHING TO EAT EAT THAT
IS NOT BUILDING ))
RUNS;03 SAND IS WHAT THE
STORM NEEDS TO
EAT SAYS CHAIRMAN OF THE
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
WARREN JUDGE.
(3 32:40) ((THE OTHER
SIDE WILL SAY WELL
WARREN THIS WILL COST
MONEY ALL THE TIME WELL
WE SPEND MONEY ALL
THE TIME. LET'S SPEND
MONEY PROACTIVELY LET'S
BUILD THE BEACH
AND EVERY YEAR YOU WILL
HAVE TO PUT A LITTLE MORE
SAND ON IT))
RUNS:11 FED UP WITH WHAT
HAS BECOME THE
STATUS QUO, AND LAWSUITS
BY WHAT JUDGE CALLS THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
DARE COUNTY HAS TURNED TO
AN OLD
IDEA. WITH MONEY IN HAND,
GO TO
WASHINGTON CUT THROUGH
THE RED TAPE AND GET
MONEY TO PUMP
SAND TO BEACH IN MIRLO
BEACH, RODANTHE, AND
BUXTON (56;30 71)
(AS YOU CAN SEE WE NEED A
LOT OF BEACH NOURISHMENT
HERE
RUNS:05
COMMISSIONER ALLEN
BURRUSS. (56:36 71) ((THE
STALLING TACTICS THEY
BURRUS SAYS THE NATIONAL
PARK SERVICE DOES NOT
SENIOR ATTORNEY JULIE
YOUNGMAN
(28:37 PHONER) ((I THINK
THE SAND REPLENISHMENT IS
PART OF THE PATCH WORK
BEFORE))
RUNS:07 (28:56 PHONER)
((WE DON'T BELIEVE THE
THE PEOPLE OF HATTERAS
ISLAND)) RUNS; 10 THE
PATCH WORK SOLUTION
YOUNGMAN REFERS TO IS A
LESS
EXPENSIVE DEPARTMENT OF
KEEP THE
OPTION OF BUILDING HIGH
DUNES, BEACH NOURISHMENT,
OVER NEWLY CREATED INLETS
LIKE THE ONE BUILT LAST
YEAR
BURRUS HAS BEEN A LOUD
VOCAL VOICE AGAINST
(59;43 71) ((THEY WANT TO
MAKE THIS A CHAIN
OF PEARLS AND YOU HAVE TO
TAKE A FERRY EVERY TIME
YOU GET HERE))
RUNS: 05 STUCK IN THE
MIDDLE HOMEOWNERS LIKE
WADSWORTH (31;29 9)
AND NO ONE IS DOING
ANYTHING)) RUNS; 06 THE
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
TAKING THE HEAT, AND THAT
IS ONE REASON
THEY'RE GOING TO
((WE WANT TO GET BEACH
HAVE
OUR MONEY WE WANTS SOME
FEDERAL MONEY THAT IS
FINE. STATES
FINE )) RUNS: 06
WE PRESSED YOUNGMAN TO
ANSWER WHETHER SHE WILL
LEGALLY
SAND ON THE BEACH
(12;27) ((I JUST WANT TO
KNOW IF THERE
WOULD BE LEGAL CHALLENGES
IF THEY WANT TO HAVE SAND
REPLENISHMENT TO
MAKE THE BEACHES BIGGER?
)) RUNS; 06
AFTER A 12 SECOND PAUSE
(12:47) ((YOU ARE ASKING
THINGS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE
OF MY AGREEMENT TO
INTERVIEW WITH YOU AND
THE SCOPE OF OUR LEGAL
CHALLENGE I AM
GOING TO HAND UP
NOW..CLICK)) RUNS: 13
JUDGE POINTS OUT BEACH
NAGS HEAD. (29;16 3)
((THEY'VE REPORTED NO
HOUSE DAMAGE, NO ONE IS
HAVING TO PUT UP STEPS
NOT HAVING TO PUT UP
DECKS )) RUNS:10 AS THE
AREA HAS BEEN LIKE A RED
HEADED STEP CHILD NOBODY
ANYTHING AND AWAY WE GO
)) RUNS;06
RUNS;06
IT COST ABOUT $38 MILLION
DOLLARS TO EXPAND THE
BEACH IN SOUTH NAGS
HEAD. IT WAS DONE WITH
COUNTY AND TOWN
MONEY. DARE COUNTY
BOARD CHAIRMAN
WARREN JUDGE IS CONVINCED
THE PRELIMINARY PLAN TO
EXPAND THE
START THE NEW
BEGINNING OF SAVING THE
BEACHES IN MIRLO BEACH,
RODANTHE,
AND BUXTON AND IN TURN
BUILDING A BEACH THAT CAN
BETTER BUFFER THE
VULNERABLE HIGHWAY 12.