The heavy equipment, including a loader and an excavator seen in action at the beginning of Oakwood Drive in Havelock are not there for sewer issues, but rather a large drainage culvert repair, according to City Manager Frank Bottorff. However, he says, several sewer issue projects continue into 2021.
Oakwood Drive has been the site of many wastewater overflows with thousands of gallons spilled, usually after heavy rains since 2015. The worst years for untreated wastewater being released from manholes along Oakwood were between 2018-20.
The project currently under construction on that street, according to Bottorff, is to repair erosion of the sidewall of the ditch that runs between Gene’s Audio, Oakwood and the Speedway gas station, perpendicular to Hwy 70 West. The erosion has been causing damage to the roadway.
The new year the housing market remains good and was one vital industry that did well during a year fraught with a global pandemic. Changes in the current sellers market are not foreseen to undergo anything radical.
Total sold for December were 235. This time in 2019 167 were sold for a 40.7% increase. Year to date for 2020 was 2215 and 1978 in 2019 for a difference of 12%.
A housing market residential report for Craven County provided by Michael G. Raines, broker/owner of CENTURY 21 Zaytoun-Raines, broke down housing data for the end of December. The next report will be available in February, according to Raines.
The average list price for a home as of Dec. 20 was $302,299 compared to $252,197, a 19.87% change since 2019. Houses sold for this price range were 16 vs. 10 in 2019 – a 60% increase. The year-to-date average list price was $233,261 up from $211,360 – 10.36% since 2019. Total homes for that range sold year to date were 129 up from 69 in 2019, which was an 87% increa