. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Prospects Look Good For New Wanchese Port Visions of a major fishing center in the Roanoke Island town of Wanchese have danced in the heads of some of that community's residents for nearly two decades. Their visions aren't a reality yet. But the day when their dreams may finally come true seems closer. A recent $325,000 grant by the Coastal Plains Regional Commission, a $500,000 appropriation earmarked for harbor construction after July 1 by the General Assembly, endorsement by an influential organiza
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Prospects Look Good For New Wanchese Port Visions of a major fishing center in the Roanoke Island town of Wanchese have danced in the heads of some of that community's residents for nearly two decades. Their visions aren't a reality yet. But the day when their dreams may finally come true seems closer. A recent $325,000 grant by the Coastal Plains Regional Commission, a $500,000 appropriation earmarked for harbor construction after July 1 by the General Assembly, endorsement by an influential organization of water resources experts and increased support from seafood industries have significantly boosted the project this year, according to Alvah Ward, seafood industries con- sultant from the Department of Natural and Economic Resources. The proposed Wanchese Harbor project is a joint federal-state effort intended to spur the Tarheel seafood industry and coastal economy by providing improved channels to rich offshore fishing grounds and a harbor complex where seafood processors and distributors and a wide range of support in- dustries could lease space for their operations from the State Ports Authority. According to Ward, the need for additional de- tailed studies of the social, economic and environ- mental impact of the harbor by the Corps of Engi- neers might have slowed progress somewhat. But data gathered in the studies has helped keep the project alive during budget-tightening times by proving that economic benefits derived from the project will outweigh building costs. Col. Dan McDonald of the Division of En- vironmental Management noted that estimated costs of deepening the harbor and channels and stabilizing Oregon Inlet—the federal phase of the project—have leaped from $ million in the 1960s to more than $23 million today. A Congressional appropriation of $70,000 to the Corps of Engineers for completing design and engineering of the harbor, channels
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