Shoaling in Oregon Inlet, shown here in an undated photo, dates back to when the inlet was first formed by a hurricane in 1846. Photo: Oregon Inlet Task Force
WANCHESE As Oregon Inlet continues to thwart nearly every effort to tame it, North Carolina Congressman Greg Murphy, a Republican from Greenville, is lending his voice to reviving pursuit of twin jetties to prevent sand clogging the inlet’s navigation channel.
“What we need to do is we need have the jetties built,” Murphy said at a brief press gathering Friday after touring Wanchese Marine Industrial Park. “That will be the fix.”