Exactly 35 years ago, the Alabama State Senate was embroiled in a rare weekend filibuster over the future of leadership within the State Department of Transportation. And a bill has once again surfaced to reform the Alabama Department of Transportation.
“I want people to know the problem we have in the state of Alabama is a lack of transportation corridors being built,” Pringle said about why he believes the timing is right to have the issue reconsidered during this spring’s session. “Right now, there is no long-term planning.”
Tony Harris, spokesman with ALDOT, said the agency is operating under the “longest period of continuity and long-range planning in its history.” Cooper, who became ALDOT director in January 2011, is the department’s longest serving director since it was founded in 1911. Joe McInnes, who was director before Cooper, served from 2003-2011.
Pringle’s proposal is a longshot to advance out of the Alabama House, let alone make it to the governor’s desk. The governor’s office, as they do with other bills, told ALDOT has estimated the road widening at more than $300 million, and the state has not viewed the roadway as a priority for widening compared to other two-lane highways in the state.
Pringle said that Cooper claimed there would be no “long-term plan” until Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey was elected that year.Visitors to the Mobile Metropolitan Planning Organization's hearing into the I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project look over the plans for the $2.7 billion project. The meeting was held on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at the Alabama Department of Transportation's training room in Mobile, Ala. .
There are 14 MPOs that hold influence over transportation planning in Alabama, including Mobile. Those organizations provide a list of projects that make up 70-75 percent of Alabama’s State Transportation Improvement Plan , which includes projects listed within the MPO’s TIPs. ALDOT is also responsible for planning outside the MPO areas, which includes rural counties throughout Alabama.
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