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1129
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Currituck County's barrier islands are being overdeveloped despite warnings of potential property loss as the islands recede; yet homeowners are sheltered from loss as the U.S. Government has insured the property at the taxpayers' expense.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 23, June 1993, p6-7, por Periodical Website
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1151
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The existing dilemma in Currituck County is how to make development coexist with the preservation of this unique area. The issue of accessibility to the area in the face of an increasing population is particularly troubling.
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9914
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Currituck County, which contains the longest stretch of undeveloped beach on the east coast of the United States, has placed a one year moratorium on new construction. The moratorium was originally imposed only on Currituck's 23 miles of barrier islands, but has since been expanded to include the entire county. Governor Bob Scott praised the plan, which resulted from a one year study by the county's Planning Board and North Carolina State University, stating that it should be model for the entire state.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 40 Issue 5, Aug 1972, p6-7, il
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38751
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At night, two men tried to get an estimated count on ghost crabs that littered the beach for hundreds of yards.