Tuesday, October 27, 2026

2 lanes on portion of Market Street to close overnight for water repair

Two lanes in the 1900 block of Market Street will be closed overnight Wednesday, Oct. 7, while crews conduct water service repairs in the area. (Courtesy CFPUA)

WILMINGTON — A portion of Market Street will be down two lanes overnight for Cape Fear Public Utility Authority crews to conduct water service repairs.

Starting at 9 p.m. Wednesday, crews will close both westbound lanes of Market Street between North 20th and North 19th streets. Westbound traffic will be detoured by way of North 20th Street to Princess Street to North 19th Street, according to a release from CFPUA. Closures are anticipated to last roughly eight hours.

Construction will not impact eastbound traffic.


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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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