Monday, May 11, 2026

Traffic shift on Kerr Avenue due to water main repair

WILMINGTON — Cape Fear Public Utility Authority crews are working to make repairs on South Kerr Avenue, which is affecting traffic in the area.

Southbound travelers in the 800 block of South Kerr Avenue will be directed to the center turn lane on April 27. CFPUA is correcting a water main in the area and is expected to continue the work for six hours or so.

See the map above of the closure and detour. 


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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