Input sought on proposed western Carteret boat launch

Site for the proposed public boat launch facility is indicated on this Image from permit on ACE website. Army Corps of Engineers officials from the...

August 3, 2023
4:30 AM

Site for the proposed public boat launch facility is indicated on this Image from permit on ACE website. Army Corps of Engineers officials from the Wilmington District are asking for comments on a proposed public boat launch facility on Bogue Sound in western Carteret County. The proposed boat launch is to be built on a 67-acre parcel set well off N.C. Highway 24 in the Ocean community of Newport, between Goose Creek and Sanders Creek. Plans for the proposed facility, which are available online along with the public notice , include six ramps, a transient floating dock, 159-space boat trailer parking lot and an access channel to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.