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ALDOT prepares synchronization project along Highway 59 in Foley
Plans in place to synchronize entire 59 corridor Posted
By Jessica Vaughn
FOLEY - The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is preparing to begin a synchronization project on Foley traffic lights along Highway 59. The work will be part of ALDOT’s RTOP (Regional Traffic Operations Program.) After the new technology is installed, motorists can expect to find more traffic signals synchronized to be green simultaneously, allowing for improved traffic flow. These improvements will contribute to reduced wrecks, quicker evacuations during emergency situations, more consistency, less fuel used and less pollution.
A century ago, George C. Meyer moved to the area that would become Gulf Shores and began putting together a vision for its future. He set aside public lands for future parks, schools and municipal …
By Guy Busby
FAIRHOPE – Baldwin and Mobile officials plan to ask Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Transportation to look at options to get the Interstate 10 Mobile River bridge project back on track.
Fairhope City Council President Jack Burrell told Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization members Wednesday, Jan. 27, that he had asked Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson to send a joint letter from the two MPOs asking state officials to resume plans for the project.
Burrell is chairman of the Eastern Shore MPO. Stimpson is chairman of the Mobile MPO. The MPOs oversee funding for regional road projects.
Plans to build the new bridge and expand the Bayway was called off in 2019 when the Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization removed the project from its Transportation Improvement Plan. The removal made the $2.1-billion project ineligible for federal funding. After the vote, Ivey said the move by the MPO killed the bridge project.