The City of Wilmington said in a news release Tuesday the combination of a privately funded project in the same area and the city's 2014 transportation bond project helped better coordinate the work and sped up improvements.
Community members can drop in any time to learn more about the proposal, ask questions and talk with state Department of Transportation representatives.
Harry Stovall says his idea would allow north and southbound waterway traffic that can't pass under the bridge to use Mason and Masonboro inlets, limiting drawbridge openings to emergency and barge traffic.
Traffic remains a concern for Wilmington residents but according to a citizen survey taken this year, satisfaction with city services is higher than regional and national averages.
Crews with CFPUA will close a westbound lane in the 2700 block of Wrightsville Avenue Thursday morning while crews replace a fire hydrant that was struck by a vehicle.
According to the bridge tender, the Isabel Holmes is scheduled to open at approximately 2 p.m. with the Cape Fear Memorial following shortly afterward.
The N.C. Department of Transportation recently conducted a feasibility study looking at replacing the Heide Trask Drawbridge, the only bridge in and out of Wrightsville Beach.
Westbound traffic has been reduced to a single lane Tuesday on Oleander Drive near where it connects with Wooster and Dawson streets while Cape Fear Public Utility Authority crews work to repair a water main break.
The N.C. Department of Transportation recently conducted a feasibility study looking at replacing the Heide Trask Drawbridge, the only bridge in and out of Wrightsville Beach.
Drivers crossing the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge are turning to social media, posting they are having more trouble than normal maintaining control while crossing the bridge.
North Brunswick High School’s gymnasium was nearly filled with Brunswick County residents, North Carolina Department of Transportation employees and local law enforcement for the second of two open house/public hearing meetings about a proposed NCDOT project.
A hit and run crash left a Calabash man dead Tuesday, and the State Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s help in identifying a driver involved in the collision.
As southeastern North Carolina’s population grows, the NC Department of Transportation is mapping out different plans to add a bridge to relieve traffic congestion in our area.
Residents and elected leaders in Leland are hoping to make an impression on the North Carolina Department of Transportation and others on the committee in charge of the Cape Fear Crossing project, either through a stack of letters or a packed public hearing.
The intersection of 16th and Marstellar streets in Wilmington is closed after a tractor-trailer broke a power pole and knocked down power lines Tuesday afternoon.
Wrightsville Ave. between Independence Blvd. and Dawson St. has reopened to traffic after crews with the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority made emergency repairs to a water main.
A Market Street widening project by the N.C. Department of Transportation will require nightly lane closures until late 2022 to accommodate the construction.
The Wilmington Police Department posted on social media it has responded to 51 wrecks in a five-block radius near South College Road in the last 60 days, and the police say it’s because of distracted driving.
Monday’s arrival of a new crane will force the closing of a 26-mile stretch of the Cape Fear River, affecting all vessel traffic south of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge for approximately five to seven hours until the Zhen Hua 25 is safely moored at the Port of Wilmington.
A stretch of Interstate 140 East near Leland is back open to traffic after the North Carolina Department of Transportation conducted emergency bridge repairs and re-inspected the structure.
Neighbors living in Historic Downtown Wilmington are hoping additional safety measures will be implemented at the crosswalk at the intersection of 3rd and Ann Streets.
