WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – Wilmington City Council will vote Tuesday on a resolution requesting additional review of a federal harbor deepening project.
The council meets at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 20 to consider the resolution addressing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Wilmington Harbor 403 Project.
The federal project would deepen Wilmington’s harbor from 42 feet to 47 feet and widen channels from nine miles seaward of Bald Head Island to the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. The Corps published a draft report on the project in September 2025…