With the I-10 Mobile River Bridge finally headed toward groundbreaking, Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis says the elevated interstate ramps feeding Water Street should come down to open downtown Mobile to the river.
Tag: urban planning
Coverage of urban planning from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Baldwin County
Gulf Shores Opens Its Comprehensive Plan to Residents at a July Open House
The first public open house for the Gulf Shores Plan invites residents to review maps and data, flag priorities, and help set the vision that will guide the city’s growth for years to come.
Mobile
Years On, Mobile Still Argues Over Whether the I-165 Expressway Was Worth It
With a new Mobile River bridge under discussion, longtime observers looked back at the bruising 1980s battle over an elevated downtown expressway and asked whether time had settled the question.
Local News
Republican Women Elect Officers as Mobile Opens a New Master Plan Process
A Mobile Republican women’s club installed new leadership, city planners opened neighborhood meetings on a downtown master plan, and a young minister launched a campaign for the state school board in Prichard.
Local News
Royal Street Goes Both Ways Again as Downtown Mobile Undoes Decades of One-Way Traffic
Mobile moved in late 2006 to restore two-way traffic on Royal Street and blocks of Dauphin and St. Francis, an $800,000 project tied to the Battle House Hotel and the RSA Tower.
Mobile
Salvation or Snake Eyes? Two Mobilians Argue Over the Convention Center’s Return on Investment
A published conversation between two Mobile observers weighs whether the downtown convention center has paid for itself, why Government Plaza depresses them, and whether high-speed ferries would ever carry anyone.
Mobile
Old Press Building Emerges as Temporary Home for Mobile County Probate Court
In 2004, Mobile County officials eyed a former newspaper building on Government Street as temporary quarters for Probate Court while the old courthouse was razed and the annex expanded upward.