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31/08/2025
25/08/2025

Good morning! NC12 on the north end of Ocracoke remains closed at this hour.

We did NOT receive any substantial ocean overwash last night, but the high tide did erode the new dune a bit. We are working to fortify the dunes some more to protect the roadway, and hoping the incoming high tide is kinder to us. We'll have more updates here when they become available.

24/08/2025

Tuesday, Aug. 26th at the Ocracoke Library, Andrew Lawler will speak about his latest book. Please join us. Books to be Red will have copies of his book for sale.

24/08/2025
23/08/2025

NC12 on the north end of Ocracoke Island remains closed, but Ocracoke Village is wide open, and beginning Monday, you'll once again be able to go directly from Hatteras to Ocracoke Village via the 'Ocracoke Express' passenger ferry, which bypasses NC12 and takes you directly into Silver Lake Harbor!

Once in Ocracoke Village, you can walk, rent bikes or golf carts, or take the free Hyde County shuttle around the village. Reservations available now, details here: https://bit.ly/2Wdfc1N

22/08/2025

Good news! Reinforcements have arrived from Tyrrell, Hyde and Currituck counties to help us with the recovery process on NC 12. We are very grateful for their help!

At this point, we'd like to answer the dozens of questions we're receiving about a timeline to reopen the highway. The answer is, we don't have one yet. Before we can schedule a reopening, three things need to happen:

1. Hurricane Erin needs to STOP sending us her ocean overwash. The coastal flood advisory ends at 1 a.m. tomorrow, so we're hopeful that the tides will be kinder to us going forward.

2. We need to repair the dune breaches and clear the highway of standing water and sand, and then check to make sure there is no pavement damage (so far, we have no indications of any pavement damage).

3) Assuming no pavement damage, we clear the road as best we can so it is safe to travel and then reopen it. If there is pavement damage, that will be a longer process.

We understand that Saturday is 'turnaround day' on the Outer Banks. We understand how badly you want to get here. Trust us, no one wants to see this highway reopened more than we do.

When we have a timeline on reopening, we will say so here. We will issue a press release. We'd shout it from the mountaintops if there were any mountains around here to shout it from.

But safety is Job One, and we won't be reopening Highway 12 until it is safe to do so.

We will post more information here when it becomes available.

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