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Senate Bill 1008
Coverage of Senate Bill 1008 in the Nexus archive.
- Coastal lawmakers signal it may be time to modify North Carolina’s decades-old ban on seawalls
North Carolina lawmakers are considering modifying a decades-old ban on seawalls due to increased coastal erosion causing home collapses. Senator Bob Brinson introduced two bills to allow hardened structures and pilot shoreline stabilization projects, while Senator Julie Mayfield warned of potential negative impacts from such structures.