Utility construction sparks worries about live oak tree damage on Salisbury Street

NEW HANOVER COUNTY (WWAY) — Years old live oak trees line Salisbury Street on both sides of Harbor Island.

Cape Fear Public Utility Authority has begun trenching, starting on Eastwood, across Trask bridge, and onto Salisbury Street to place a new water main.

Local resident, Laura Lunsford, expressed concern that the town’s treasured oak trees could be damaged by the utility’s digging…

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