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🌱 How could state road funding decisions reshape access to Ocracoke?

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  • How could state road funding decisions reshape access to Ocracoke?

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Friday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, with a high of 89 and low of 79 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
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  • Sunday: Cloudy, a thunderstorm; humid, with a high of 85 and low of 77 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Potential U.S. 158/N.C. 12 NCDOT project removed from area priority list (wtkr.com) — Transportation planners have dropped a controversial US 158/N.C. 12 intersection project, but local leaders are now pushing Raleigh for funding of major road work, including N.C. 12 access to Ocracoke. For island residents, that means long-term decisions in the state’s transportation program could shape how safely and reliably visitors and locals reach Ocracoke in the future.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Hatteras

  • Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation is seeking sponsors for annual 5k race (islandfreepress.org)
  • Run for a Reason: Labor Day Lighthouse 5K (outerbanksvoice.com)
  • NCDOT sets five listening sessions on new statewide ferry tolls in coastal communities (wcti12.com)

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