I-10

Senate committee gives favorable report to bill abolishing state auditor

Tuesday, the Alabama Senate Government Affairs Committee narrowly voted favorable report for a controversial piece of legislation that would abolish the constitutional office of State Auditor, if passed by the legislature and approved by voters. Senate Bill 83 is sponsored by State Senator Andrew Jones, R-Centre. The Senate Government 6 to 5 vote came after … Continued

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February 27, 2020

Zeigler, Ivey qualify for place 1 delegate to GOP national convention

Tuesday, both Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and State Auditor Jim Zeigler qualified to run for Place 1 GOP Delegate. Zeigler said in a press release: “It’s the same old fight — Kay Ivey and the Montgomery Insiders vs. Jim Zeigler and the Taxpaying Public.” Zeigler was harshly critical of former Gov. Robert Bentley leading up … Continued

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October 10, 2019

Ivey: “There is no pathway forward” for Mobile River Bridge and Bayway replacement

On Wednesday, local Baldwin County elected officials voted “effectively” to kill the Mobile River Bridge project. The Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) met to vote on its Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP), which establishes the area’s transportation priorities from 2020 to 2023. For a decade, Mobile and Baldwin County officials have been asking federal and … Continued

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August 29, 2019

Mobile MPO temporarily takes the Mobile River bridge project off Transportation Improvement Plan

The Alabama Department of Transportation experienced yet another setback on Wednesday for its controversial plan to build a bridge of the Mobile River and replace the existing Mobile Bayway. The Mobile Metropolitan Planning Organization voted unanimously to table all items related to the construction of ALDOT’s $2.1 billion toll bridge plan. What normally would be … Continued

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August 23, 2019

Public meeting to be held Thursday on toll plan for Mobile River Bridge

The Common Sense Campaign will be hosting a public meeting on the I-10 Mobile Bay Bridge. The meeting will be at 5 Rivers Community Center on the Mobile Causeway on Thursday, Aug. 15 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Baldwin County’s two State senators, Sen. Greg Albritton, R-Atmore, and Sen. Chris Elliott, R-Daphne, are both … Continued

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August 14, 2019

Ivey calls for a meeting of the Toll Authority to discuss bridge plan and alternatives

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey called for a meeting of the nine-member Alabama Toll Road, Bridge and Tunnel Authority to discuss the proposal to build the Mobile River Bridge and replace existing I-10 Bayway. “The most significant obstacle to a new bridge is very simple, money,” Ivey said. “Last week, we were notified that Alabama will … Continued

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August 5, 2019

Shelby announces $125 million grant for I-10 Mobile River Bridge project

Monday, U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded two Infrastructure for Rebuilding America grants to fund projects for infrastructure improvements in Alabama. The largest of the two DOT INFRA grants contains $125 million for the Alabama Department of Transportation to assist in the construction of the I-10 Mobile … Continued

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July 23, 2019

Opposition grows against Mobile River toll bridge

The Alabama Department of Transportation is not holding many listening sessions to see what the people of Alabama are thinking about their proposed I-10 toll bridge connecting Mobile and Baldwin counties. Since the Legislature passed enabling legislation for ALDOT to grant private toll operators the power to take away motorists’ automobile registrations for failing to … Continued

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July 16, 2019

Proposed beach express toll road is in an Opportunity Zone

Baldwin County voters are going to be able to go to the polls to vote on whether to approve a constitutional amendment allowing the construction of a toll road extending the Baldwin Beach Express from Interstate 10 to Interstate 65. The new 24 miles of road will go from Loxley where the existing Beach Express … Continued

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July 15, 2019