NCDEQ Secretary tours Buxton’s shoreline as key stakeholders weigh next steps

Hallac and NCDEQ Secretary Reid Wilson view threatened homes in Buxton.

(Photo by Joy Crist/Island Free Press)

By: Joy Crist | Island Free Press

A delegation of roughly two dozen local, state, and federal officials toured the rapidly eroding Buxton shoreline on Monday, walking through the area where 15 oceanfront homes collapsed over a six-week span in the fall, and where dozens more remain at risk.

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) Secretary Reid Wilson visited the Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) property and the adjacent beach community, alongside representatives from the National Park Service, Dare County Board of Commissioners, the Buxton Civic Association, Governor J

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