Latest Highway 181 Widening Timeline

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Fairhope, Alabama 

 

Highway 181 at Highway 104.

 SLIPS BACK AGAIN

During the Eastern Shore MPO's Policy Board meeting last week, ALDOT's assistant district engineer Brian Aaron gave the latest update on the ever-changing timeline for finishing widening a segment of Highway 181 in east Fairhope southward to just past the Highway 104 intersection. 

He said the contractor  Amons and Blackmon now expects to have the full 4-lanes open for traffic within 45 days, but a final coat of asphalt, lane striping and miscellaneous other work will still continue after that well into next year.

Work on this segment from CR 64 to Hwy 104 began in June of 2020.

NEXT SEGMENT UNCERTAIN 

Aaron added that while there is some funding for right-of-way acquisition for doing the next segment down to CR 32, no funding for actual construction has been approved yet.


October Policy Board meeting.

Brian Aaron assistant district engineer.


Comments

Anonymous said…
Low bidder not always best!
Saturday, October 29, 2022
Anonymous said…
Work began in fall of 2014, 4 1/2 years to add a second lane is ridiculous!!!! How many miles of subdivisions has Ammons & Blackmon built during that timeframe?
Saturday, October 29, 2022
Publisher said…
Work on this segment from roughly Cr 64, south to Hwy 104 began in 2020.
Sunday, October 30, 2022
Anonymous said…
Highway 181 is a Hurricane Evacuation Route. It needs to be expanded to at least Hwy 48. Fairhope is considering a 78 acre development between Gayfer Rd. Ext. and Hwy 48 on 181.The development will have retail, 200 apartments, and a nursing home. If approved the construction traffic and continuing traffic will make the intersection of 48 and 181 a mess. Until 181 is widened there should be no further development on that part of 181. This is a problem that can be predicted with certainity. How about not allowing development until the roads and other infrastrucure is in place.
Sunday, October 30, 2022
Anonymous said…
So if there is anyone who was involved in the meetings back in 2008 at the Daphne High School, you will remember that the ORIGINAL timeline for the project to be completed to HWY 98 was 2017-2018. If our government hadn't redirected monies to the Gulf Beach Express our road would have been completed and our utilities in this area would be at least partially upgraded. STOP PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE!!! Roads, Water, Sewer, Power, Traffic Management, PARKING IN THE TOWN AREAS (this includes Fairhope, Daphne and the Gulf Beach areas) all need to be examined BEFORE you keep taking that developer money and sell out our lifestyles. Wake up.
Thursday, January 12, 2023
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