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BOLIVIA, N.C. — Two items of pending North Carolina legislation have the potential to cause negative financial impacts to Brunswick County and its municipalities. One bill, introduced in the House, would exempt builders from paying property taxes on some inventory for several years, with no later repayment. The other, a proposal to distribute sales tax revenue across the state based more on population counts and less on the location of the sale, would adversely…
Starting at 8:30 p.m., Monday, July, 13, and ending at 5 a.m., Friday, July 17, the N.C. Department of Transportation will intermittently close lanes in both directions of the N.C. 211 Bridges over Dutchman Creek and Progress Energy Channel north of Southport in Brunswick County. These closures will allow crews to perform geotechnical borings to investigate the subsurface conditions beneath each bridge. One lane in each direction on the bridges will remain open to traffic…
NORTHWEST, N.C. – The Cape Fear Rural Planning Organization (RPO) Transportation Advisory Committee (RTAC) unanimously adopted a resolution requesting that the N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) conduct a corridor study of the I-74/US-74 corridor in Brunswick and Columbus Counties at its meeting on Friday, July 10. The RTAC has previously adopted resolutions encouraging the construction of I-74 to the Wilmington Bypass (I-140). Brunswick County Commissioner Frank Williams, who serves as RTAC Chair for 2015, released…
BOLIVIA, N.C. — County Commissioner Frank Williams today congratulated Brunswick Community College on being ranked as the fourth-best two-year college in North Carolina by BestColleges.com. “Community colleges play an important role in preparing students for the workforce, preparing them to transition to a four-year college and re-training workers who are in a career transition,” said Williams. “Congratulations to Dr. Adams and the entire staff and faculty of Brunswick Community College for this well-deserved recognition for…
Starting at 9 p.m. tonight (Monday, July 6, 2015) and ending at 5 a.m., Thursday, July 9, the N.C. Department of Transportation will intermittently close the eastbound and westbound lanes of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge on U.S. 421 over the Cape Fear River in Wilmington nightly. These closures, originally scheduled for last week, were postponed due to anticipated heavy holiday traffic. The closures will take place in order for crews to make routine repairs…