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NC 12 Takes a Seventh Day of Overwash, With No Reopening Date
The damaged stretch near the Pea Island Visitor Center now exceeds 1,100 feet. Hatteras Island stays closed to visitors, and emergency ferry lines are long.
Ocean water crossed NC 12 near the Pea Island Visitor Center again at Sunday morning's high tide, the seventh straight day of ocean impacts on the same damaged stretch, the Island Free Press reports. The damage now covers more than 1,100 feet of highway, and there is still no confirmed timeline for reopening the road between the Marc Basnight Bridge and Rodanthe.
Dare County's state of emergency and mandatory evacuation for Hatteras Island visitors remain in effect, with no date announced for visitor entry. Only people in the county's Priority One, Two and Three categories may enter. Visitors already on the island can leave on the emergency ferry from Rodanthe to Stumpy Point but cannot return, and the same restrictions apply on the Cedar Island and Swan Quarter ferries through Ocracoke.
NC 12 is open south of Rodanthe through Hatteras Village and on Ocracoke. Ferry lines are long; residents with medical appointments or other time-sensitive travel can ask the county for priority boarding, though it is not guaranteed. No evacuation has been ordered for residents or for areas north of Oregon Inlet.
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