Beach Access Issues
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March 11, 2009
Park Service installs traffic counters at five ramps
On Wednesday, March 11, National Park Service staff members began
installing new traffic counters at five ramps on the Cape Hatteras
National Seashore.
The traffic counters are the result of recommendations to track
off-road vehicle usage within seashore. The new system is designed to
record traffic at selected beach access ramps that are indicative of
ORV usage in the surrounding areas and utilizes methodology based on
proven statistical models already in use throughout the NPS
system.
The locations for the newly installed traffic counters are:
1) Ramp 2 at Coquina Beach
2) Ramp 34 north of Avon Village
3) Ramps 43/44 near Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
4) Ramp 55 at the southern end of Hatteras Village
5) Ramp 70 near Ocracoke Airstrip
Installation requires partial closure of each ramp for a period of four
hours, but access is possible except for Ramp 55. The placement
of the traffic counter at Ramp 55 will require total closure of access
or egress to and from Hatteras Inlet and the Pole Road during that
four-hour period of time. If weather conditions permit, Ramp 55
traffic counter installation is scheduled for Thursday, March 19, from
8 a.m. until noon.
For further information, please call 252-473-2111 ext. 148.
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