[EXPIRED] Update on Dredging for Oregon Inlet, Pamlico Sound, Outer Banks, NC
Shoaling has been steadily increasing in the main channel of Oregon Inlet for several years (/?p=52021) prompting SSECN to recommend that cruisers with a draft over 3ft avoid the inlet and that only shallow draft vessels should attempt the inlet only with very exact local knowledge. Shoaling had become so severe that it was undermining the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet resulting in the closure of the bridge to road traffic. See /?p=129461
Dredging of the inlet was last completed in December of 2013. and this most recent shoaling virtually closes the inlet to all but shallowest draft vessels.
NC ‘“ OREGON INLET ‘“ DREDGING
Mariners are advised that the dredge MERRITT and dredge MURDEN are currently conducting dredging operations in Oregon Inlet in the vicinity of the Boner Bridge through 7 December, 2015. Mariners are urged to use caution and are requested to pass at a safe distance away from the dredge, attending equipment, work boats, and buoys. The dredge MERRITT and MURDEN will monitor VHF Channels 13 & 16. For further information concerning the dredging operations
mariners may contact (910) 723-5613. Chart 12204 LNM 46/15
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