Fairhope, Alabama
BISHOP TO BOOTHE ROAD
Construction has begun to connect Bishop Rd. to Boothe Rd. (south of Morphy) in east Fairhope.
The connection should ease school traffic woes in the area and cut-through traffic in the Hawthorne Glen subdivision.
Residents of the Eastgate neighborhood worry traffic may increase in their neighborhood, however.
FUNDED BY SINGLE TAX CORP.
The low bid of $526,568 was awarded to John G. Walton Construction company but the cost is to be entirely funded by the Single Tax Corporation (using their lessees rent payments). No city funds are involved.
MANY TREES TO BE SAVED
As many of the old live oak, magnolia and other trees will be saved by weaving the road around them,
but a significant number will have to be removed. An arborist is included in construction costs for tree protection ($53,500).
A culvert is required to span the wetlands on he south end ($112,000); and a pervious sidewalk will be installed ($40,100).
NAMING CONTROVERSY
The city council will have to decide what to name the completed road since segments are now called Bishop, Boothe and sometimes Troyer (between Morphy and Fairhope Ave.)
One member of the Boothe family (and coincidentally a city employee) asked the city council last year to retain that name -- and another, a member of the extensive Bishop clan, told the Times privately the eventual naming would "probably be" an issue with that family as well.
Mayor Kant: "Let's get it built first ... then worry about naming it."
BISHOP TO BOOTHE ROAD
Construction has begun to connect Bishop Rd. to Boothe Rd. (south of Morphy) in east Fairhope.
The connection should ease school traffic woes in the area and cut-through traffic in the Hawthorne Glen subdivision.
Residents of the Eastgate neighborhood worry traffic may increase in their neighborhood, however.
FUNDED BY SINGLE TAX CORP.
The low bid of $526,568 was awarded to John G. Walton Construction company but the cost is to be entirely funded by the Single Tax Corporation (using their lessees rent payments). No city funds are involved.
MANY TREES TO BE SAVED
As many of the old live oak, magnolia and other trees will be saved by weaving the road around them,
but a significant number will have to be removed. An arborist is included in construction costs for tree protection ($53,500).
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NAMING CONTROVERSY
The city council will have to decide what to name the completed road since segments are now called Bishop, Boothe and sometimes Troyer (between Morphy and Fairhope Ave.)
One member of the Boothe family (and coincidentally a city employee) asked the city council last year to retain that name -- and another, a member of the extensive Bishop clan, told the Times privately the eventual naming would "probably be" an issue with that family as well.
Mayor Kant: "Let's get it built first ... then worry about naming it."
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