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Saturday, April 07, 2007
WASC Waterfront Draft Report Complete
 The North Carolina Waterfront Access Study Committee (WASC) has finished a draft version of a report that will be published later this month. The WASC report calls the loss of working waterfronts and public access to coastal waters "significant" and warns that this trend is likely to continue without intervention by the state. As coastal growth has boomed over the last few decades, property values have skyrocketed and driven many owners of piers, fish houses, marinas, boat ramps and boat building/repair facilities to sell their properties to developers. The WASC's 40 page draft report lays out a comprehensive plan to slow the conversion of public waterfront land to private use developments and recommends the creation of a working waterfront trust fund that would make grants available to local governments, non-profits, and other organizations to help with the purchase of working waterfront properties or development rights. The report also asks that a pilot program for three public fishing piers be created by the North Carolina Aquariums. More on the WASC's report is available from the Outer Banks Sentinel; details on the WASC are available from NC Sea Grant.
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