Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 25, 2020
Crews Correct Landslide Damage on U.S. 231
With the highway now open to motorists, crews are working to complete construction efforts on U.S. 231 near Huntsville, Ala., nine months after a landslide caused major damage. Repairs were made two months ahead of schedule on both roadways of U.S....
Mary Yamin-Garone – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 29, 2020
ALDOT Conducts Recovery for Washed Away Roadway
Due to quick action by the Alabama Department of Transportation, what could have been a major disaster was avoided when two lines of a 96-in. diameter corrugated metal pipe failed. Torrential rain on Easter Sunday washed out a 100-ft....
Alabama Department of Transportation - Mon October 26, 2020
Long-Awaited Widening of Alabama Highway 157 Begins in Cullman
State legislators and community stakeholders joined Cullman city officials and the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) in October to break ground on the long-awaited Alabama Highway 157 widening project between U.S Highway 31 and Alabama 69 in Cullman, Ala....
CEG - Mon October 26, 2020
Four Lanes on U.S. 411 Near Gadsden,Ala., to Finally Be Built
One of Alabama's first announced road improvements in the Rebuild Alabama project is destined to finally get under way next year and will almost certainly have a local impact. The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) opened bids Sept....
CEG - Fri October 02, 2020
Alabama's Latest Gas Tax Increase to Aid Road Projects
Alabamians began paying an extra two cents per gallon for gasoline beginning Oct. 1 when the second installment of the state's 10-cent tax increase went into effect. The state's share of taxes on gasoline rose to 26 cents per gallon, which includes eight cents under the 2019-passed Rebuild Alabama Act (RAA) and the 18 cents that existed before the new law was passed....
CEG - Thu September 24, 2020
Grant to Fund Study of Two Alabama Highway Projects
A $450,000 U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) grant was awarded to the Southeast Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission to fund a technical and feasibility study of two Wiregrass Region highway projects....
Tuscaloosa (AL) News - Mon August 31, 2020
ALDOT Begins Upgrades to U.S. Highway 82 Near Tuscaloosa
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has begun the first of a pair of road improvement projects this year on U.S. Highway 82 in Tuscaloosa County. Work got under way Aug. 31 to resurface a 5.34-mi....
Moulton Advertiser - Mon August 31, 2020
Lawrence County Approves Rebuild Alabama Funding to Improve Rural Roads
The Lawrence County Commission recently approved a Rebuild Alabama 2021 road improvement plan for the county, to be funded from state revenue following the increase in the state's gas tax revenue passed in 2019....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Mon August 10, 2020
ALDOT Plans Twin Bridges Over U.S. 231 Landslide
A dramatic combination of large pavement cracks and an underground landslide on U.S. Highway 231 near Huntsville, Ala., in the early morning hours of Feb. 13 prompted an immediate closure of roughly 1,000 ft....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 05, 2020
Granting an Extension — ALDOT's U.S.-98/SR-158 Project Takes Shape
Work on the estimated $115 million U.S.-98/SR-158 Extension Project in Ala. began in September 2017 and is expected to be completed by 2023. Thus far the DOT has awarded four of the seven contracts for the road and bridge infrastructure construction that is taking place in Mobile County....
