***Chapel Hill Police say that the downed tree that closed traffic and knocked out power to some has been removed. Power has been restored and traffic is back to normal.***
A downed tree is blocking all travel lanes on East Franklin Street Saturday evening, according to police.
A release says the roadway is closed between Boundary Street and Park Place.
An earlier tweet from law enforcement said that emergency crews and Duke Energy were working to clear the area.
The Duke Energy Outage Map currently shows a small outage in the area of the downed tree with power restoration estimated by 8:30 Saturday night.
Motorists and pedestrians are being encouraged to avoid the area until further notice.
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