ALDOT launches review of cost-saving options for Mobile River Bridge & Bayway project
The Alabama Department of Transportation, along with the chairmen of the Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Association and the Mobile Metropolitan Planning Association, announced today that they will spend 60 days studying cost-saving measures for construction of the Mobile River Bridge and Bayway to minimize the effects of inflation. The project is on temporary hold pending […]
Ainsworth on ALDOT: ‘Long overdue for new leadership and a good dose of common sense’
Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth is calling for a change in leadership at the Alabama Department of Transportation after the agency recently diverted more than $1 billion in funding to a rural highway project that runs from Thomasville to just north of Moundville. I'm looking for it again. Ainsworth said the money should be used for […]
ALDOT awards contract for the first phase of widening Highway 52
Governor Kay Ivey announced Monday that the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has been awarded the contract for the first phase of the Highway 52 widening in Geneva County. “I am proud to announce that through the transformative power of Rebuild Alabama, we have made significant progress in widening Highway 52,” said Governor Ivey. “This […]
ALDOT warns of hazardous driving conditions during severe winter weather
The Alabama Department of Transportation is monitoring the potential for severe winter weather to create dangerous conditions across the Yellowhammer state this week, as temperatures approach zero degrees in northern Alabama and reach 20 degrees along the Gulf Coast. ALDOT said in areas where conditions are expected to be the most severe, personnel are monitoring […]