Sink hole closes lane on Market Street A turn lane of Market Street is temporarily closed at the intersection with Porters Neck Road, effective immediately Tuesday, April 20 due to a sinkhole. (Source: WECT) By WECT Staff | April 20, 2021 at 6:09 PM EDT - Updated April 20 at 6:11 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Emergency crews are repairing a sink hole that has temporarily closed a turn lane on Market Street at Porters Neck Road Tuesday evening.
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority notified the public just before 6 p.m. that the closure of the northbound right-turn lane of the 8200 block of market Street is effective immediately. Right turns onto Porter’s Neck road can still be made from the rightmost northbound lane.
Bill to ban manufacture and use of PFAS in NC filed in General Assembly
Three bills filed recently call for a statewide ban on manufacturing, using and distributing PFAS and materials containing PFAS By Jon Evans | April 15, 2021 at 7:22 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 7:57 PM
RALEIGH, N.C. (WECT) - Lawmakers in North Carolinaâs General Assembly have filed nearly a dozen bills concerning PFAS, the group of man-made chemicals that have contaminated the drinking water supply of thousands of residents in the southeastern part of the state.
Rep. Pricey Harrison, D-Guilford County, filed three of bills this week, including House Bill 501, calling for a statewide ban on manufacturing, using and distributing PFAS and materials containing PFAS. The nine-term legislator has worked on the PFAS contamination issue for more than a decade.
Boil water advisory scheduled for Greenville Ave. next week By WECT Staff | April 16, 2021 at 1:03 PM EDT - Updated April 16 at 1:03 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Cape Fear Public Utility Authority has scheduled a precautionary boil water advisory for part of Greenville Avenue and surrounding streets starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 20.
Crews will offset a CFPUA water main to accommodate new stormwater piping in the area.
About 150 customers will be impacted.
The following addresses will be affected:
112 to 260 Greenville Ave.
the 200 to 300 blocks of Myrtle Avenue
all of Covenant Lane; all of White Avenue
all of Bethea Lane; all of Dellpar Lane
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