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Living with Water aims to steady Battleship NC flood risk
Battleship North Carolina on Eagles Island to receive a 4.5 million Living with Water project. Officials plan wetlands restoration and parking lot removal to absorb tides and redirect floodwaters to the Cape Fear River. The effort addresses historic flood increases since 1961 and 2020 and seeks to protect access and finances by living with nature rather than engineering flood control.
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Wilmington
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U.S.S. North Carolina Road
U.S. 421
Cape Fear