As Dare County plans Buxton preservation project, questions emerge

“People will be sick of going to a beach that doesn’t exist. It doesn’t have any width, it’s littered with septic systems, debris, wood, (and) nails, because that’s what it’s going to be,” Dr. Reide Corbett said.

(Debris associated with Oct. 28 house collapse. Photo Credit NPS – Cape Hatteras National Seashore)

By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice

Fourteen houses have fallen into the Atlantic Ocean on the north end of Buxton since the end of summer, and more will fall this winter said Brian Harris, President of the Buxton Civic Association.

“I think we’re halfway there. It’s going to be upward of 30,” he told the Voice.

The houses are a combination of second homes and investment properties. The most recently built house wa

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