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BY ILAHN ADAMS
Motoi ists can plan for some delays
in traffic on U.S. IT this summer, as
work l>egun last week on resurfacing
more man nines 01 nrunswiCK
County's major transportation
artery.
The contractor handling the
22.85-mile project. Dickerson
Carolina Inc. of Castle Havne. began
the $1.1 million facelift last Wednesday.
starting with the section of U.S.
17 South from the Shallotte town
limits to near Old Shallotte Road.
According to Have Boylston. resident
engineer with the N.C. Department
of Transportation in Wilmington.
Dickerson Carolina's contract
calls for U.S. 17 to be resurfaced
from N.C. 87 at Bell Swamp to the
South Carolina state line by August
15. with the exception of four small
sections that will be parts of the
future Shallotte and Bolivia
bypasses.
"What we're doing is resurfacing
the existing U.S. 17. to make it last
until we can get the main project goBrunswick
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Carolina Power & Light Company
faces a $50,000 fine from the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission for allegedly
failing to comply with environmental
qualification requirements at the
Brunswick plant near Southport.
The fine, which was proposed by
the NRC staff last Thursday, stems
from an NRC inspection in July 1987
thai reviewed the use of uncertified
electrical equipment or components.
The company was given 30 days to
either pay or protest the fine.
After the problems were identified
and reported by CP&L, NRC inspectors
confirmed several instances
where the equipment, whose performance
should have been certified for
use during adverse accident conditions.
had not been properly tested
and certified as required.
"The instances in question did not
jeopardize the safety of the plant or
Six Seniors Corr
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Six Brunswick County seniors?a
boy and girl from each of the three
high schools?compete Sunday for
two scholarships worth $2,500 each.
The annual competition begins at
3:30 p.m. at West Brunswick High
School's multipurpose room and is
open to the public.
The Williamsons, of Ocean Isle
Beach, have awarded two one-year
scholarships annually since 1972.
They can be used at any four-year
college or university in the state.
Competing this year from West
Brunswick High School will be Ursula
McMillian, with a speech entitled,
"Dare To Dream," and Harold
Dean Smith. " The American
Farmer: A Proud Heritage."
McMillian is the daughter of John
McMillian of Ixjngwood; Smith is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Benny Smith of
Ash.
From South, the competitors will
be Dionne Parker, with "Give It
Your Best," and Bernard Flythe,
speaking on "Why Aren't We Competitive?"
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Vice President Pat Howe said in
a news release Friday.
According to the NRC, the company
corrected the violation by having
the components certified soon
after the matter was reported.
However, the agency maintained
that CP&L should have known about
the problems and would have
discovered them if adequate field
verification had been performed.
The NRC said the base civil penalty
for such noncompliance was
$150,000, but CP&L's fine was reduced
to $50,000 due to the company's
identification and prompt reporting
of the problems. Other factors in
reducing the penalty were CP&L's efforts
to be in compliance within a set
deadline and initiation of "vigorous
and extensive" corrective action.
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While West and South held their
school-level competitions last week,
North Brunswick High was to hold its
contest Wednesday, May 11.
Other competitors at West and
South were as follows:
West?Maureen Solano, Shannon
Bardin, Ginny Gurganus and Joel
Johnson; and South?Alcindor
Hankins, Rachel Ragsdale, Marc
Spencer, Robin Vittitoe and Maria
Ward.
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With work already underway, the
Shallotte bypass could be open to
traffic in late 1990, according to DOT
officials. Boylston said work on the
Bolivia bypass is expected to begin in
1990.
But in the meantime, motorists
traveling through Brunswick County
will have to endure traffic delays for
the next three months while the
resurfacing project is underway.
Traffic will be routed through?not
detoured around?the individual construction
sites, Boylston said.
"There's just no real way to do it
(detour traffic), if you knew
Brunswick County," he commented.
"Drivers should just be patient, and
when they can move, move on
through the work zone so the next
man can move on, too."
He added that Fourth of July holiday
traffic on U.S. 17 won't be slowed
by the resurfacing work. According
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July 1 and July 10.
The current improvement project,
which involves resurfacing and
shoulder paving, is divided into two
separate contracts, both with Dickerson
Carolina, Boylston said. Completion
schedules for individual
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conditions and the contractor's work
load in other counties.
The first contract includes the section
south of Shallotte, which was
begun last week, and a one-mile
stretch north of the Stiallotte town
limits.
The second contract includes three
sections of the two-lane highway
wnere it does not tie in with the
Shallotte and Bolivia bypasses.
Boylston said those sections are from
N.C. 87 to just north of Bolivia; from
Red Bug Road to Galloway Road;
and from South Carolina to near Old
Shallotte Road.
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