It's difficult for the state to say we choose Nags Head to fund for beach nourishment with out some kind of parameters to measure the benefit that they're getting for their dollars. Almost every beach in the state is asking for beach nourishment funds.
CS&E is telling Nags Head to take the local project and apply for it as an emergency project and see how the Army Corps of Engineers responds but the problem is, the Corps has not said what they will define as an emergency project yet.
The federal money is iffy and the state will not help us unless the federal money is there.
If we went with the federal project you're going to find that areas that need protection aren't going to get it.
We haven't considered that issue yet.
Well, then we're happy. Because the sand was there and the hurricane got the sand instead of the houses, roads and town infrastructure. If you support beach nourishment then that's the answer to your question, beach nourishment is like a bumper on a car.
You just never know what's going to happen. We've got to find an answer.
In other words we asked them to go find us a project.
Basically, if the president said here's 15-20 million dollars we could go forth with the project tomorrow, everything is in place.
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