A priority of Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth, the widening of the entire Alabama spans of I-65 is getting some attention in the Legislature where lawmakers are backing a resolution that urges ALDOT to explore ways to make it happen.
John Cooper, director of the Alabama Department of Transportation, testified in court Wednesday that he pursued the new Intracoastal Waterway bridge project in Gulf Shores without having a direct conversation with Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey.
Alabama Department of Transportation Director John Cooper, during testimony Monday, said he spent 11 years trying to negotiate better ways to get to traffic moved on and off Alabama's Pleasure Island. Negotiations with a private bridge operator always hit a roadblock, he said.