OCRACOKE — Friday, the N.C. Department of Transportation reopened a portion of N.C. Highway 12 on Ocracoke Island that was damaged during Hurricane Florence.

During the storm, a protective dune adjacent to the highway on the north end of the island washed away, and a 1.5-mile section of road was damaged. NCDOT crews have worked to remove sand, water and debris from the road. Meanwhile, Barnhill Contracting of Rocky Mount was awarded an $806,000 emergency contract to repair pavement damage and reconstruct the protective dune.

Repair work will continue while the road is open, so traffic control and periodic lane closures will be in place until the entire project is complete at the end of November.

Also on Friday, the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route resumed service at 4:30 a.m., and will run a full fall schedule.

The schedule will be as follows:

• From Hatteras: 5, 6, 7, 8, 8:30, 9, 10, 10:30, 11, 11:30 a.m. and noon, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30, 3, 4,4:30, 5, 5:30, 6, 7:30, 8, 9, 11 p.m. and midnight.
• From Ocracoke: 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 10, 10:30, 11:30 a.m. and noon, 12:30, 1, 1:30,2:30, 3, 3:30, 4, 4:30, 5:30, 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30, 9, 9:30, 10:30 p.m., and midnight.