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Will the Mid-Currituck Bridge actually happen this time? Part 1 (Public Opinion)

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Real Estate Agent with The Outer Banks Real Estate Copmpany NC 261870

Will the Mid-Currituck Bridge actually happen this timeThat is a question that is on a lot of people's minds who live live near or vacation on the Currituck Outer Banks.

Many locals say that the Mid-Currituck Bridge is a pipe dream. that it will never happen and that they don't want it to happen. they believe that if it did, that Corolla would lose it's village feel and that Rte 12 will become more jamed on "turnover days" as vacations would very likely start using Corolla as their path to Duck.

Yet almost just as many locals believe that Mid-Currituck Bridge would and even should be built. Their thoughts are that they want to have better access to medical facilities, that it will help their business grow, and maybe (as Corolla also tries to establish a charter school) help attract more year round residents and actually reduce the number of rental houses in Corolla.

Meanwhile investors & speculators are waiting in the sideline to see how things will unfold in anticipation that if the bridge does come, Corolla, NC will see a new wave in real estate appreciation.

North of the pavement, commonly referred to as Carova, residents are also torn about the Mid-Currituck Bridge.  many feel that it will bring an abundance of "Day Trippers" onto the already crowded beaches where families with young children much enjoy the beach along with a steady stream of trucks and SUVs that uses the beach as their roadway. while some, feel that the bridge may be a necessary evil to convince Currituck County to set up a day pass system to restrict the traffic on the 4-wheel drive beaches.

 

This bridge has been in the planning stages for over 20 years. How close are we now will be discussed in Part 2.

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