Heavy traffic beginning of Labor Day weekend
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The last holiday weekend brought more traffic to the Port City.
AAA is predicting a busy weekend traffic wise. AAA said that just over a million North Carolina residents will travel 50 miles or more for Labor Day.
It looked like people were getting a head start Friday evening. Highway 421 was backed up all the way to 140 and 74/76 was backed up as well.
AAA said a recovering economy and lower gas prices are to blame for the boost to nationwide travel by 1.6% this weekend.
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