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Atlantic Beach, N.C., May Continue Fighting for Free Sand.
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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June 5, 2003
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By Mike Sherrill, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jun. 5--ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C.-- Atlantic Beach may continue to fight for free sand at the risk of loosing it.
Bogue Banks towns have joined with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on a proposal to nourish the island for half a century. If the plan is approved, sand would hit the beaches at the end of this decade.
But Atlantic Beach has received free sand from a nearby spoil island, named Brandt Island, twice since 1986. Some in town want to keep that arrangement regardless of the 50-year plan, but many on the Carteret County Beach Commission say that seems unlikely.
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