Hatteras Inlet is the only federally authorized waterway in North Carolina that does not have the ocean bar included as part of the inlet complex in its federal authorization—but that has marked navigational aids that are maintained by the U.S. States Coast Guard. 

As requested by Dare County, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently completed the process of realigning Hatteras Inlet to follow deep water where the current ferry route is located. Federal authorization of the realigned channel will allow federal funds and dredges to be used throughout the route. 

Dare County fully supports the addition of the Hatteras Bar to the Hatteras/Rollinson Channel Federal Authorization and has requested the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers move forward with the steps that are needed in order to complete this additional authorization.

To view the resolution that they Dare County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved in May 2021 requesting that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers amend the existing federal authorization and add the Hatteras Bar to the Hatteras and Rollinson federal authorization, click here.

*Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Transportation.