more artificial reefs in obx future?

There may be plans to use the debris from the old Bonner Bridge when it’s demolished. Sam Walker, writing for the Outer Banks Voice, gives a heads up on an upcoming hearing on artificial reefs.

The tugboat Titan, part of one of the Division of Marine Fisheries artificial reefs. Photo UNC
The tugboat Titan, part of one of the Division of Marine Fisheries artificial reefs. Photo UNC

“When the current Bonner Bridge is demolished after the new span opens in 2018, plans are already being worked on to add much of the remains of the half-century old span to a series of artificial reefs offshore.

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ Artificial Reef Program will hold a public meeting Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. at the Dare County Administrative Building on Roanoke Island.”

 

[box type=”bio”] Should new artificial reefs be constructed or existing ones enhanced off the Outer Banks? Read the Outer Banks Voice article and decide.[/box]