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Intersection at Kenan Fountain to close overnight Wednesday

The intersection at Kenan Fountain, located at Fifth Avenue and Market Street, will close overnight Wednesday due to construction work from CFPUA. (Courtesy photo)

WILMINGTON — Travelers driving along Market Street near Fifth Avenue should take notice the intersection will be closed overnight on April 14, to begin at 7 p.m.

Crews need to install liners inside existing Cape Fear Public Utility Authority sewer manholes, according to the City of Wilmington. Signage and barricades will be in place to re-route traffic to adjacent streets during construction.

Sidewalks will remain open in the vicinity. The intersection is expected to open again at 6 a.m. on Thursday, April 15.


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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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