Currituck Committed to Beach Management
(Currituck County)
On Friday, Sept. 19, Currituck County issued this statement on its Beach Management Plan.
As evidenced by the Currituck County Board of Commissioner’s recently adopted vision, “A sustainable, economically diverse environment that preserves natural resources and strengthens livelihoods,” the County is committed to preservation of its beaches. A result of that commitment is the development of a Beach Management Plan.
The Beach Management Plan provides concepts for meeting the county’s goals and thresholds for when to implement the concepts. The plan prioritizes the installation of sand fencing and dune vegetation to stabilize and protect the dune system, small sand hauls, beach bulldozing, and offshore coastal structures that lim