Channel 6 reports on the efforts that Surf City is making in rebuilding its dunes. Dunes are a healthy and natural way to protect the island. Sometimes winter storms will wash out part of the dunes. The natural wave action slowly builds it back up, but sometimes, we help mother nature by pushing the sand back up from the beach. Then natural vegetation can start to grow on it sooner:
PENDER COUNTY, NC (WECT) - A nearly $90,000 project to repair beach dunes in Surf City will begin Tuesday night.
Last September a storm ripped through the area causing erosion to the dune line, so the Surf City Council decided to do a beach push.
Surf City is spending $89,000 to repair its dunes along the six mile beach stretch.
Officials say dunes are very important to the beach because they protect structures that stand behind it.
"If you leave it [the dune] like this, it's going to collapse on itself," said Surf City official Christina Watkins. "We need to build it back up in order to protect all these structures.
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