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The $16 million St. Louis Street reconstruction has reached block eight of 17, rebuilding one of downtown Mobile's busiest business corridors from the water mains up while keeping traffic moving.
BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — Dozens of Bayou La Batre residents pushed back this week after the city’s utility board signaled it may discontinue a long-standing maintenance agreement, a move…
Mobile has cut overnight and Sunday hours for its 311 citizen hotline, a move city officials say will save about $75,000 a year.
MAWSS customers will see a 5 percent rate increase starting January 2015 as the utility funds repairs to aging pipes and treatment plants.
The Mobile Area Water and Sewer System has one meeting left before a Sept. 3 deadline to decide on taking over Prichard's water system for good.
Orange Beach leaders considered a 2009 sewer-rate increase as they weighed a projected $1.5 million shortfall and the possibility of cutting more than 20 city jobs.
Prichard residents and Mayor Ron Davis discussed high water bills, water-board authority and public-record costs at a February 2009 City Council meeting.
Asked to name the single problem in Baldwin County that could be corrected with relative ease, business people and civic figures answered with near unanimity: the roads, the bridges and…