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Buxton Beach Nourishment Update – February 28, 2018

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Weeks Marine pumped the final load of sand at the northern end of the nourishment project on Tuesday afternoon, February 27. All 2.6 million cubic yards of sand have now been placed along the stretch of beach that runs 2.9 miles from the “haulover” north of Buxton to the oceanfront groin at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.

Over the next two weeks, the new sand will be graded and all equipment removed. The updated project map shows the small area of beach that will remain closed during demobilization.

Updates regarding sand fencing and sprigging will be forthcoming, as additional information is available.

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Buxton Beach Nourishment Update – August 17, 2017

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Thursday, August 17, 2017  1:15 p.m.

The cutterhead dredge C.R. McCaskill resumed pumping Wednesday afternoon around 3 p.m.  Work in the section of beach just north of the subline has been completed. Weeks Marine will grade the newly nourished beach and open it to the public later this afternoon.

Also this afternoon, crews will flip the pipeline and begin working south towards the village of Buxton. It is expected to take 20 to 24 days of full pumping production to finish the south side of the project from the current landing point.

As work moves through Buxton, beach goers in the project area are advised to use caution, stay out of marked off work zones, and adhere to instructions and signs posted by construction crews on site.

As reported previously, a second subline for a hopper dredge was installed last Friday approximately 5,000 feet north of the existing subline; however, the arrival of a second dredge was delayed.  Weeks Marine estimates that the hopper dredge R.N. Weeks should arrive and be able to start pumping sand in the second week of September.

At this point, approximately one third of the project has been completed.

The project map will be updated later today, once the new construction zone is designated.

 

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Buxton Beach Nourishment Update – May 25, 2017

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At a pre-construction meeting on Wednesday, May 24, Weeks Marine announced that the pumping of sand for the Buxton project is now estimated to begin in mid-June.

Representatives from the company reported that the subline for the project is en route and scheduled to arrive early next week. Once in Dare County, the subline will be assembled (approximately 8,000 feet of 30 inch steel pipe) and laid in place underwater. The booster pump, necessary to pump sand to the north end of the project area, will also soon be en route. The C.R. McCaskill, the cutter head dredge assigned to the project, will arrive once the subline has been placed.

The starting point for the project, where offshore pipes connect with the onshore pipes, is approximately 1,000 feet north of the northern boundary for the village of Buxton. Construction will initially proceed to the north until reaching the temporary resource protection area that has been established by the National Park Service to protect nesting birds. At that point, crews will move back to the project’s initial starting point and move south until the resource protection area is no longer in place and work will then resume to the north. After work is completed to the northern project boundary, work will resume to the south until the project is completed.

Once construction begins, the project is expected to be completed in approximately 90 days under normal conditions.

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