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Our Opinions One of the long and persistent problems of southwest Alabama is the lack of adequate highways and other infrastructure. A 1941 Alabama highway map showed that the problem existed even then. Red lines indicated paved highways on the map and blue and dotted blue lines were unpaved roads. There were ribbons of red across north and central Alabama and southeast Alabama. But southwest Alabama was almost devoid of red lines but there were lots of blue. We've had some improvements but we are still on the low end of the ladder when it comes to road projects. And it doesn't look like it is going to change anytime soon. A few weeks ago, Alabama Transportation Director Joe McInnes listed projects he'd like to see completed or nearly completed in the next four years. The projects were in north Alabama, Birmingham, Tuscaloosa and east Alabama. The only southwest Alabama route mentioned was the widening of U.S. 98 from Mobile to the Mississippi line.
All of these projects are worthy, no doubt, but we wished we recognized something in this neck of the woods on McInnes' list.
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