The National Weather Service Wilmington office is currently indicating that a strong coastal low is expected to bring significant marine, wind, and rain impacts for the Bald Head Island area over the next few days (latest briefing HERE). Please secure your outdoor items, as the wind gusts are expected to be very high. Be careful … Continued
Key Information: Upcoming Events: Proposed FY24 Budget – The proposed FY24 budget has been released and presented to the Village Council. It can be viewed HERE and includes the Manager’s Budget Message (starting on Page 3), slides from the 4/25 budget workshop (Pages 14-52), followed by the suggested budget ordinance and proposed fee schedule (Pages … Continued
Key Information: Reminders & Events: Package Delays – The barge will be down for routine maintenance from Wednesday, May 3, through Friday, May 5, 2023. BHI Transportation/Warehouse will be sending over some UPS/FedEx packages received during this time. However, there could be delays for some packages (depending on size/volume). The next scheduled barge run after … Continued
Key information: Reminders & Events: Wilmington Harbor Maintenance Project Update – Marinex is currently working to get all the submerged pipeline removed. That will take a day or two more and then they will proceed with removing the equipment from the BHI shoreline. They will be using escorts when moving all equipment to ensure public … Continued
Yesterday, a section of Lighthouse Wynd was closed to vehicle traffic for an upcoming event. This section is to remain closed after the event in anticipation of the installation of bollards which will be placed just past the parking area next to the Old Baldy Lighthouse and Smith Island Museum. The closed section will remain … Continued
The Commercial Area Planning Task Force met on Friday, March 31, 2023. During this meeting, they reviewed a draft set of Commercial Design Guidelines. They want the public’s input on this draft set of guidelines. The draft document can be viewed HERE. You may also listen to the discussion HERE (Passcode: 2L7kr$QC). Please note that … Continued
Beginning this Wednesday morning (March 29, 2023), the Timber Bridge between North Bald Head Wynd and Keelson Row will be closed for maintenance. The work is expected to take several days. While using the paved portion of Keelson Row as an alternate route, please use extra caution as you may be in the path of … Continued
Island-wide Planned Power Outage – Thursday, March 16, 2023 Starting at 9:00 a.m., and may last up to two hours. This is due to a pole changeout on the mainland that is impossible without de-energizing the entire Bald Head Island line. Duke Energy customers registered for outage alerts will receive a text/email based on their … Continued
Key Information: Reminders & Events: Partial Lane Closure – Duke Energy will be bringing over a crane to install the final switchgear on Monday, March 13, and will be leaving on Tuesday, March 14. There will be a partial lane closure during rigging operations. The red rectangle below shows the area of the road … Continued
The Village wants to remind property owners to make sure that they are hiring licensedcontractors. This is for safety and liability. Our Development Services Director, whoperforms building inspections cited a recent instance where an unlicensed person washired to do electrical work. Live wires were left exposed near duct work which couldhave resulted in injury of … Continued