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Judge denies Outer Banks beaches closure injunction


Late Friday afternoon, US District Court Judge Terrence Boyle denied the request from the Southern Environmental Law Center for an injunction which, if issued, would have closed large portions of Bodie Island, Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island to both vehicular and pedestrian travel until the National Park Service completes a permanent management plan for those areas.

The judge set a court hearing for Friday, April 11, to hear the terms of a proposed settlement agreement between the Defenders of Wildlife and the Audubon Society, clients of the Law Center, and the National Park Service.

 

YAY, that Judge must have a 4x4.

 

I have been meaning to check up on this. I guess this means they aren't planning on closing the beach...at least for now!

Good deal. Last season was the first time I have driven on it...had a blast! My family was looking forward to it again this year. Both my daughters (8 & 4) have been talking about bringing some of their friends this year! I have to go get my transmission rebuilt, but I plan on it!

Was there any threat to the Corolla beaches, or just the south end?

 

This would Kill The outer banks and hatteras for tourism as well.

 

I have heard that now you can't hit the beaches until July. Can anyone confirm this? And does this also pertain to the northern beaches like Corova and Swan Beach? Not real sure how you can close North 12 since there are some people that live there year round?

 

NO! They cant close curritck beach! That is the only way for people to get on and off the beach.

 

They could probably close it to residents only. There are many communities that have a gate guard and they have to show id to access their house...wouldn't be hard to imagine that. I was looking at houses in corova and swan's beach, but I can't afford them and another house. The commute would kill me and I would have to get a 4X4 mini van for the wife!

 

thats all my truck has seen, was beach driving. its sad there trying to petion for birds that are NON NATIVE

pull your foot out your ass, its not like people are doing oil changes on the beach

seriously, litter should be a bigger concern that "hazardous liquids" that LLAMA thinks are spewing from the beach goers

 

Yea I see what you are saying but you have to think about carova like the gov. saying " ok all of highway 12(the only way to get down there) will be closed because it runs trough a fed refuge on pea island and birds get hit on that highway sooooo its only open to residents" . I am almost 100% positive you will never see that happen! Hatteras and organ inlet is very different because you can still visit there and go to the beach and go fishing or surfing or what ever the hell you do but they are just trying to stop people from driving on the beach.And trust me not saying it is right but I lived on Hatteras Island full time for over a year and never once drove on the beach(but it was nice to know that I could have if I wanted 2)!Also you also have to think 85-90% of the houses on carova are rental homes! I guess the government can do what ever the fuck they want but those 85-90% that are rental homes those people would be fucked!I think there would be wayyyyyyyyyyyy 2 many problems with them closing the whole beach 2 residents only! People really rely on that income on those houses for those few rental mo. But on the flip side I AM a resident I would prob be able to steal one of those houses for dirt cheap! O and the commute is not that bad. I work in norfolk and when I leave from the beach it takes me a hr and 10-15 min to get to work. But you have to take the boat over to knotts island and leave from there.And from KI it is exactly 50 miles to norfolk int. terminals.