Carova Beach, North Carolina

The community, begun in the 1960s, is found on Currituck Banks, north of Bodie Island, and can be accessed only by boat or by four-wheel drive vehicle.

Today, there is a permanent fence from ocean to sound to keep vehicles from crossing and, more importantly, to keep the feral horses from migrating to the Virginia side of the border.

Historically the Currituck Inlet which served as the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina existed where the community of Carova now stands.

Carova only has approximately 50 year-round residents and commercialism is absent from this section of the Outer Banks; there are no restaurants, shops, or other attractions that often accompany beach communities.

Flooding is a continual problem[2] that worsens with each bad storm[3] in Carova Beach, where summer tourist traffic is heavy on roads that are little more than uneven sand paths through the dunes.

They say a road is essential for the county to continue providing services like garbage collection, housing inspections, and emergency response.