Blasting sounds in Durham part of Northern High School construction

Durham, N.C. — People who stay or work in Durham might hear loud blasting sounds Wednesday afternoon.

County leaders explaInside the blast Is As a Outcome of of enchancment on The mannequin new Northern Highschool, which Shall be located on North Roxboro Road shut to the Riverview Buying center.

The new constructing will substitute an growing older, dilapidated constructing that Northern Highschool Principal Dan Gilfort said is the oldest Inside the county.

Based mostly on Gilfort, The prevailing constructing Does not have locks on toilet door stalls, has eye-washing stations in lecture rooms That do not work and A school signal That is cracked.

Officers hope The mannequin new constructing Shall be open by 2023.

Northern Highschool Principal Dan Gilfort said his school’s constructing is the oldest Inside the county, and A mannequin new school constructing is prolonged overdue.

The current constructing Does not have locks on toilet door stalls, has eye-washing stations in lecture rooms That do not work and A school signal That is cracked.

“It is important,” he said. “We now have the oldest extreme school Inside the district (that was) I think about Inbuilt 1956.”

The Durham County Hearth Marshal Shall be on-website On the North Roxboro Road location as crews Carry out blasting.

Work Is predicted To start out at 3 p.m.