In Downtown Wilmington, Duke Energy employees replace power poles and lines near a company substation, as part of a wide-spanning grid improvement project between Orange Street and Forrest Hills. (Port City Daily/Preston Lennon)
WILMINGTON Duke Energy trucks clustered near the cobblestone blocks of downtown Wilmington’s Orange Street Tuesday morning, making progress on a multi-year infrastructure improvement project that company officials say will dampen the threat of extreme weather to power lines.
The movement to bolster Duke’s property with new power lines and poles placed in targeted areas downtown comes as hurricane season approaches. Areas around the company’s Orange Street substation, a local hub of electricity, will benefit from grid improvements that will improve service for nearly 10,000 Wilmington customers in the space between downtown and Forest Hills, Duke officials said.
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But this January and February, some changes are taking on added significance for chefs and restaurateurs.
There are promising signs that business is improving. In North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper announced the easing of restrictions for restaurants and bars last week as cases of COVID-19 decline. And across the county, restaurant sales are projected to climb more than 10% this year, according to the National Restaurant Association.
It isn’t quite enough to cover from the pandemic, though, the group said. Instead, 2021 will be a year of transition and rebuilding for the industry. In these cases, that’s in a literal and not just figurative sense.
Location: 168 and 178 Porters Neck Rd. in Wilmington
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What is being built?
The new construction at 178 Porters Neck Rd. is a 6,000 sq. ft. building and the future home of Campbell & Covington Orthodontics and Bridgewater Wines.
Campbell & Covington Orthodontics is expected to move in sometime in April and the office will replace its current location in Porters Neck at 8066 Market St. It has a second Wilmington office close to New Hanover Regional Medical Center at 1516 Doctors Circle.