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Re: Bonner Bridge/Pea Island question



Len,

There are a couple of locations on the web (NCDOT web site (http://www.ncdot.org/) and Outer Banks Task Force web site (http://www.obtf.org/)) that have various pieces of information up about how the bridge replacement process has been proceeding, but the sites also have a lot of material that deals with other transportation issues, so you have to be selective, or else you end up with papers that are not really on point. There really isn't anything yet that gives you the pro/con and is relatively short that is on the web, but the pending environmental review process will do that, at a much greater level of detail.

The two recent pieces that would be best for providing the agency perspectives are NCDOT's 4 page "Bonner Bridge Update," which discusses the alternatives, and the FWS 2 page "Herbert C. Bonner Bridge Replacement Project, Compatibility Issues for Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina," which also discusses the alternatives and goes a bit more into some of the refuge issues. I quickly looked, but didn't see them on the web, so I guess they haven't been posted yet, but I can't be sure.

You can call 866.803.0529 to be added to the NCDOT mailing list for the project if you like, that would get you future updates; if you call FWS at 252.473.1131, my guess is they may mail you the FWS paper.

I also am happy to speak with anyone about the project; this is my fifth year of working on Oregon Inlet issues. I can be reached at 252.995.3312. I have volunteered to lead bird walks at Pea Island (which probably requires me to provide the disclaimer that all views expressed are my own), so I can, and often do, wear the birding hat too.

Sidney Maddock
Center for Biological Diversity
Buxton, NC

At 01:36 PM 6/27/03 -0400, E/L Pardue wrote:
I've found several of the posts on this subject informative (this isn't a
subject that gets attention in the Asheville paper or on the local tv
news), but wonder:  Is there a web site that lays out all the options with
pros and cons?  That would be a big help.

Len Pardue
Asheville NC