Why will it take so long to reopen a busy road in Apex after last week’s storm?

It will be months before drivers will be able to use a busy Apex road damaged by last week’s flooding.

Olive Chapel Road was closed last Wednesday when swollen Beaver Creek overwhelmed two metal pipes under the pavement, causing one of them to collapse.

That stretch of Olive Chapel, between Kelly Road and Apex Peakway, handles more than 10,000 cars a day, according to the N.C. Department of Transportation…

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