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Coastal Alabama officials solidify plans to advance I-10 truck bridge project


Coastal Alabama officials solidify plans to advance I-10 truck bridge project
AL.com
1 hr ago
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Fairhope City Councilman Jack Burrell (left) and Baldwin County Commissioner Joe Davis (right) listen to speakers during an Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization meeting on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at Daphne City Hall in Daphne, Ala.
More than 21 months after the original Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project was declared “dead,” a new bridge proposal is officially back in the plans.
The Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Commission, with a unanimous vote Wednesday, approved placing an alternative I-10 truck bridge project into its long- and short-term plans. The vote comes one week after the Mobile Metropolitan Planning Organization agreed to similar measures which now means multi-phased approach to addressing the interstate’s traffic congestion moves to the Alabama Departme ....

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For Alabama conservatives, toll opposition creates strange political alliances and disputes


For Alabama conservatives, toll opposition creates strange political alliances and disputes
AL.com
48 mins ago
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Alabama Auditor Jim Zeigler speaks during a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala.
Jim Zeigler rattles off the number of followers to his grassroots anti-toll Facebook group like a stock trader can readily recite the number of investors any given day.
The Alabama State Auditor notes the “Block the Tolls. Support Accountability” page he has administered since 2019 has 51,600 followers. “They don’t trust the government. They don’t trust (the Alabama Department of Transportation). They don’t trust (the governor’s) administration. There is consensus in my people that there is adequate money coming in to pay for the (Interstate 10) fix.” ....

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The secret is out: Gulf Shores and Orange Beach most visited attraction in 2020


By Melanie LeCroy / [email protected]
Each year millions of visitors head to the sugar white sands and tranquil blue waters of the Alabama Gulf Coast. During the pandemic when many locations were shutdown and families were working and schooling from home Gulf Shores and Orange Beach were the most visited tourist attraction in the state of Alabama. According to state officials, 6.1 million people visited our shores.
A few other attractions in our area also received recognition. The U.S.S. Alabama was sixth on the list of paid attractions with 188,652 visitors and Bellingrath Gardens and Home placed seventh with 119,932 visitors in 2020. 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center placed fifth in the Free Attractions category with 45,000 visitors in 2020. ....

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