Military Cutoff construction complete

WILMINGTON — After hitting roadblocks and delays in construction Military Cutoff is finally complete.

Friday afternoon there was a ribbon cutting to mark the end of the project.

The orange cones that used to be a familiar site here are now gone.

Business owners in the area say cones and road work put a damper on sales. They say construction made it difficult for people to see signs and actually get in to the parking lots.

People who live in the area say they would even find alternate routes to avoid traffic delays the construction caused.

The majority of the work was completed before Thanksgiving. But today the ribbon cutting officially marks the end of what some folks say was a headache for travel.