Rendering of the proposed Manteo housing development.
The Manteo Board of Commissioners on May 5 unanimously voted to return to the Manteo Planning Board a zoning text amendment application by SAGA Construction that would allow the company to build a 72-unit apartment complex dedicated to workforce and student housing.
The move means the fate of a project that has generated considerable public interest â on both sides â is still unclear. Slated for a four-acre property between U.S. 64 and Russell Twiford Road, the proposal for the project comes at a time when the workforce housing shortage on the Outer Banks has reached crisis levels.
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