Andy Coburn
Andy Coburn
artificial banks beach help housing hurt lure outer people projects protect sell tax turn
I think beach nourishment is used to help sell housing projects and protect the towns' tax base. People have this idea of the Outer Banks as a wild, wind-swept destination and an artificial beach will take away that lure which in turn could hurt the economy.
artificial beach certain impact reduce
If you widen a beach, then yes, you will reduce impact from certain storms. But take a big hurricane, something like Katrina, and there's no artificial beach we know of that would've prevented that kind of destruction. That did nothing.
anywhere beach constantly county expense five huge maintained rate resulting
Once a beach is nourished, it has to be constantly maintained and re-nourished at a rate of anywhere from every two to five years resulting in a huge expense for the county or government.