Outer Banks senator pushes for state of emergency on NC 12

Outer Banks senator pushes for state of emergency on NC 12

State transportation crews work on an ocean-washed section of N.C. Highway 12 on Ocracoke Island late last week. Photo: N.C. Department of Transportation A Republican lawmaker for most of the Outer Banks has pressed the governor’s office to declare a state of emergency for sections of the barrier islands that have suffered in the last several weeks from what he calls “catastrophic shoreline collapse” and the associated infrastructure damage, par…