Future highway projects include C'ville bridge, Hwy. 43 4-laning
By Barry H. Hendrix Managing Editor

Marty Parker of Boise and State Sen. Pat Lindsey (D-Butler) listen as ALDOT's Lou Wallace explains some of the highway projects planned over next few years. Photo by Barry H. Hendrix

The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) released information July 26 on a draft of the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for fiscal years 2008- 2011. A meeting was held at the Grove Hill office with an emphasis on projects for Choctaw, Clarke, Marengo, Monroe, Sumter, Washington and Wilcox Counties.

Lou Wallace, assistant division engineer, pre-construction, and Ray Barren, assistant bureau chief, spoke to a group of reporters and the public.

The following projects for Clarke County were presented (prices only include funding allocated in the STIP, not the total cost of the project):

• bridge replacement for state Highway 12/U.S. Highway 84 west of Coffeeville over the Tombigbee River ($1,010,000.00). Right-of-way acquisition and utilities adjustment will begin in 2010.

• right-of-way acquisition will be authorized in October 2008 for the fourlaning of state Highway 13/U.S. Highway 43 from the Marengo County Line to the intersection with state Highway 5 ($2,225,000.00).

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