Orange Beach Launches $103,000 Traffic Study for Beach Road Safety
Orange Beach approved a $103,000 study to update traffic counts, upgrade signals, and improve pedestrian safety along Perdido Beach Boulevard.
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Orange Beach approved a $103,000 study to update traffic counts, upgrade signals, and improve pedestrian safety along Perdido Beach Boulevard.
Saraland is set to host a Spartan Super Race in October, adding an eight-to-ten mile obstacle-course event to the city's 2015 sports calendar.
A $210,000 driveway expansion at Hutchens Elementary, backed by Mobile County funding, is nearly finished and aims to cut morning traffic backups.
Mobile police arrested a man accused of running into the road with a young child in his arms while impaired, later charging him with child endangerment.
Baldwin County leaders asked state transportation officials to split the cost of adaptive traffic signals aimed at easing congestion on U.S. 98 and Ala. 181.
ALDOT began installing flashing yellow arrow signals at 17 intersections along U.S. 98 between Spanish Fort and Fairhope to improve turn safety.
Construction of Daphne's first traffic roundabout, at Baldwin County 13 and 64, was set to begin in January under a $1.17 million contract, the first of three planned.
A new Baldwin County planning group is studying how to synchronize traffic lights along the Eastern Shore's busiest roads to ease stop-and-go congestion.
A 61-year-old passenger died and four others were hurt when a van and tractor-trailer collided on I-10 near Grand Bay early Wednesday.
Baldwin County commissioners approved a rezoning near Route 181 for a lawnmower sales and storage business, despite objections from Rebel Road residents.