Outer Banks - Duck Boardwalk

The Outer Banks Sentinel is reporting that the Town of Duck continues to push full steam ahead on an ambitious project to build a 10-foot wide, wooden soundfront boardwalk that will stretch behind the park and extend to the existing walkways of the waterfront businesses.

In the long-run, the hope is to ultimately have the boardwalk run the entire length of the village and will offer a safer and more enjoyable way to enjoy the towns shopping areas and pristine natural stretches.

People are already enjoying the completed areas, and the town has applied for a grant to pay for the southern extensions. The town believes the new boardwalk will allow vacationers and residents to access the sound and enjoy all of its beauty that has mostly been off limits because it is behind privately-owned properties.

Another important factor of the boardwalk is safety. Duck is very busy during the summer when folks are out walking, riding bikes and jogging through town, and it can get pretty congested as cars are trying to make it through. The hope is that the boardwalk may resolve some of these traffic issues.

Town planners also plan on adding a 130-foot pier that will feature four day-use boat slips to the agenda. Taken together, the boardwalk and piers offer something different than the beach for the thousands of people who visit this small sea-to-sound town each year.

The Town of Duck believes this is just the first piece of an overall pedestrian plan. When and if the mid-Currituck bridge is built from the mainland to Corolla, the Town of Duck may seek approval from the N.C. Department of Transportation to make some changes in town such as additional crosswalks.