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Drivers who travel on the Project Road N.W. bridge over a branch of the Waccamaw River should be aware that the bridge will be closed beginning March 20. The closure is needed for workers to construct a drainage culvert. The new structure will open in August 2017. The existing bridge was built in 1959 and needs to be replaced. Although still safe to use, the bridge requires significant maintenance, and its design no longer meets the…
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Overnight lane closures are scheduled for the Thomas Rhodes Bridge between Monday, March 20, and Friday, March 24. Lanes will be closed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. The closures are needed so crews can safely repair minor concrete damage that was discovered during a recent inspection of the bridge. The bridge is on U.S. 17/421 in Wilmington. “The bridge will still be open to traffic, but I recommend that drivers seek alternate routes to…
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The Brunswick County Board of Commissioners recently voted to request legislation to modify our county’s fire fee structure. Reports in the media and on social media have offered incomplete and inaccurate representations of the action we took. Below are the facts, which I hope will shed light on the action taken and the rationale behind it. Background: Brunswick County is one of two counties in the State of North Carolina that uses a fire fee…
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LELAND, N.C. — Elected officials, community leaders and citizens came out Monday afternoon to celebrate Brunswick County’s newest senior center, the Brunswick Center at Leland, with a ribbon cutting ceremony and facility tours. The new, two-story center is approximately triple the size of the older, smaller building it replaces, with more room for classes and activities for seniors, as well as space that can be rented by the community. Built on land provided by the…
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WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Cape Fear Rural Transportation Planning Organization (RPO) Transportation Advisory Committee (RTAC) elected officers for 2017 at its February 10 meeting. Brunswick County Commissioner Frank Williams was unanimously re-elected Chair and Whiteville Mayor Terry Mann was unanimously re-elected Vice Chair. The Cape Fear Area RPO covers Brunswick, Columbus and Pender Counties and serves as the intergovernmental organization for local elected officials, the North Carolina Department of Transportation and residents of the region…
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