An area of troubled beach in Emerald Isle known as the point is not so troubled anymore. The project to move Bogue Inlet has proved to be successful thus far. They moved the inlet further away from the western end of Emerald Isle and beach that had been washed away is now returning rapidly. For a long time the ramp at the end of Inlet Drive had been closed to both pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
Now that the beach appears to be coming back the town has already opened the ramp to pedestrian traffic and hopes to have the ramp ready for vehicles sometime next week. Folks wishing to do some fishing in this area are urged to use the newly opened ramp vice the Doe Drive ramp.
When they started the inlet relocation project I remember a lot of skepticism surrounding the project. People said, “You can’t control Mother Nature.” And things of that nature. True, we cannot control Mother Nature or her oceans and tides, but so far I think this project is a smashing success.