CAROLINA BEACH, NC (WECT) – Plans for a proposed pier that Carolina Beach Town Council members were hoping to build near Carolina Beach Avenue have been axed.

Last week, Town Council member Steve Shuttleworth and other officials met with Governor Beverly Perdue and her staff. Perdue told them that the education fishing pier they were hoping to get will not likely be coming, according to Shuttleworth.

Council members are still looking to turn the area into something people will enjoy.

“Whether it’s a splash pad, or a gazebo, or some additional parking, an open space, but it would be public space,” Shuttleworth said.

This summer Council members plan to have more discussions on what to do with the property.

KURE BEACH, NC (WECT) – Construction of the Ocean Front Park resumed Thursday in Kure Beach.

The project, which will continue through the summer season and into the fall, will cause some parking problems, according to a news release from the Town of Kure Beach. Parking spaces on Atlantic Avenue in front of the park site will not be available during the construction phase. Officials said there will probably also be times when it is necessary to limit access to Atlantic Avenue.

Parking will remain available on K Avenue, west of Fort Fisher Boulevard, and parking at the ocean is still available on E, F, G, H, I, J and N avenues.

The town hired Landmark Corporation, of Tennessee, to complete the project, which was originally terminated at the end of 2011 because the town believed the builders were incorrectly installing concrete slabs.

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