Officials Push for Dredging and Beach Renourishment Programs

The significance of North Carolina’s coast goes beyond local areas, and continued federal support is needed to preserve critical inlets and waterways projects by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rep. Mike McIntyre and Sen. Kay Hagan have said.

“Our beaches, our inlets and the Intracoastal Waterway are actually of regional and national significance; they’re not just local projects that are being considered earmarks,” McIntyre, D-N.C., co-chairman and co-founder of the Congressional Waterways Caucus, said Monday,