Presenter: Andrea Correll, AICP – Planner
The Town of Swansboro proposes to extend the existing Bicentennial Park public boardwalk, replace a deteriorated bulkhead with riprap per North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) requirements, and construct seven public day docks to serve visitors traveling by small boat to the historic downtown waterfront. The Town has received a North Carolina Public Beach and Coastal Waterfront Access grant for financial assistance for construction of the boardwalk extension and public day docks. NCDOT has agreed to provide some financial assistance for replacement of the deteriorating bulkhead with stone riprap.
The project will be built in the riparian corridors of the Town-owned southern section of Bicentennial Park, the Mattocks House property owned by Swansboro Bridge Basin, LLC (107 Front Street), and Town-owned street-end at Moore Street. Work will also occur in the riparian corridor of the NCDOT right-of-way associated with the NC Highway 24 White Oak River Bridge under a recently issued encroachment agreement between the Town and NCDOT.