Lanes around Golden Road and Carolina Beach Road are closing this Saturday due to the Sheetz Gas Station project.
The project will add 4 acres of shallow reef habitat in the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF)’s Artificial Reef AR-491 just offshore of Carolina Beach State Park.
Known as an oxygen firebreak, the device shuts off the steady flow of oxygen in the event of a fire in the tubing.
Neighbors who live on Sidbury Road say they appreciate the effort to improve the road. However, they noted having the road closed for a month as inconvenient.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) announced the first pediatric flu deaths of the season.