Mayor Robert Craft says the new Intracoastal Waterway bridge is working as an inbound route but has left most of the island with a single realistic way off, and he wants the one-way pattern reversed.
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Coverage of John Cooper from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Local News
Mobile Airport Authority to Take Over St. Elmo Airport as Frontier Flights Return Downtown
The Mobile Airport Authority has struck a deal with the state to manage St. Elmo Airport as a first step toward full ownership, while Frontier Airlines resumed commercial flights to Orlando from Mobile Downtown Airport amid a slow pandemic recovery.
Baldwin County
Eastern Shore MPO Vote Kills Toll Plan, Gov. Ivey Declares Mobile River Bridge Project Dead
Facing overwhelming public opposition to tolls, the Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization voted to drop the Mobile River Bridge project from its transportation plan, prompting Gov. Kay Ivey to declare the $2.1 billion project dead.
Baldwin County
As Mobile River Bridge Plan Takes Shape, Officials Weigh Tolls to Cover the Cost
ALDOT officials are eyeing tolls to help fund a new Mobile River bridge project, with cost estimates ranging from $800 million to $1.8 billion.