Power is restored in downtown Chapel Hill
Published: Wed, Oct. 15, 2008 12:58PM
Modified Wed, Oct. 15, 2008 02:41PM
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closeA power outage left much of downtown Chapel Hill and the eastern part of Carrboro without electricity this afternoon but Duke Energy restored it about 1:55 p.m.
Company spokesman Andy Thompson said power was rerouted from other lines after a substation on Carmon Avenue malfunctioned. The outage occurred about 12:45 p.m.
It affected about 6,000 customers, Thompson said, including the western quarter of UNC Chapel Hill's campus.
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Police were directing traffic at downtown intersections this afternoon.
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