Medians on Wilmington’s Market Street are coming sooner

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (StarNews) — An influx of state money has accelerated plans to install a median on two separate sections of Market Street north of Eastwood Road.

The N.C. Department of Transportation has money to begin buying land alongside Market Street this year while work could start as soon as the fall of 2017, though the timeline could change.

The updated schedule is significant because the long-planned project will affect both drivers and businesses along the well-traveled corridor, while plans to remove a shared center-turn lane has some business owners concerned.