Coastal lawmakers signal it may be time to modify North Carolina’s decades-old ban on seawalls

Back in the late 1970s, the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission enacted a seawall ban to protect the state’s sandy beaches and barrier islands. But the coast has changed dramatically since then. Over the past six years, increased erosion has caused 32 privately owned structures to collapse along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Senator Bob […]