THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, May 2, 1996 TAG: 9605020572
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B1 EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA
SOURCE: BY LANE DEGREGORY, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: OREGON INLET LENGTH: Short : 36 lines
Officials came up with $94,000 in federal funds this week so that researchers can continue monitoring sand and current movements at the East Coast's most dangerous inlet.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers researcher Carl Miller had to stop work on a six-year Oregon Inlet research project in April after funds ran out because Congress did not appropriate additional money.
In March, the Dare County Board of Commissioners gave Miller $20,000 in local taxpayers' funds so that his work could continue. But those funds ran out about two weeks ago.
On Tuesday, officials in Martin Lancaster's Pentagon office helped secure the money Miller needs to proceed with his research through Sept. 30. Lancaster is the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works. He formerly was a North Carolina congressman.
``The paperwork for that appropriation should be completed soon,'' said Steven Dola, Lancaster's deputy assistant secretary for management and budget. ``They'll have the money to continue that work this month.''
The money was transferred from another U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project in the Wilmington office.
Miller's research project measures sediment and water flow within Oregon Inlet and will help determine the effectiveness of a south groin on the waterway and, eventually, the feasibility of building rock jetties around the popular channel between the Outer Banks and the Atlantic. by CNB