Preserving the road the Wright Brothers used.
As Kitty Hawk Bay erodes the shoreline along Moor Shore Road, homes and properties are threatened along one of the most historic streets on the Outer Banks. A living shoreline will protect the shoreline. Kip Tabb, writing for the Coastal Review Online, has the story.
“In Kitty Hawk, the encroaching waters of Kitty Hawk Bay threaten to close Moor Shore Road, one of the oldest roads on the Outer Banks.
For lifelong resident Amy Wells, the rising waters and disappearing shoreline is something she has observed over her lifetime.
“Along Moor Shore road there were trees. My father had aerial photos, you could see there were trees out there. That was in the 1970s,” she said.”
To read the complete story at the Coastal Review Online, click here.