- The Dare County Board of Commissioners sent a letter to the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the North Carolina Attorney General regarding the request by the Southern Environmental Law Center and Audubon North Carolina to have the bridge replacement decision process reviewed by the CEQ. (Click here to view )
- The Southern Environmental Law Center and Audubon North Carolina have requested the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to investigate the process that was used by NCDOT to reach concurrence on the Phased Approach/Short Bridge Alternative. (Click here to view )
•The replacement options for the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge have been under study for over 16 years with no clear resolution in sight.
•Since 2002, NCDOT bridge inspections have rated the bridge a 2 out of 100 (100 being the best score). Over 6 million vehicles have passed over the bridge since the 2002 inspection.
•Daily traffic over the bridge can be as high as 10,000 vehicles per day in the summertime. The emergency ferry plan is inadequate to serve those needs. 87% of the current summer traffic could not be accommodated, weather depending.
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