About 30 gallons of fuel were spilled onto the roadway when an 18-wheeler crashed into a power pole at Tallapoosa Street and Vanderbilt Street in front of the Circle K.
Rising flood waters forced the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to close part of the interstate for safety reasons on Thursday near the Alabama-Mississippi state line.
The Alabama Department of Transportation is acknowledging the week by launching a new campaign titled “You Play a Role in Work Zone Safety, Work With Us.”
It looks like the project is moving in the right direction, as the Alabaster City Council agreed to pay $1.75 million for the expansion project. The city’s funding is coming out of next year’s budget, which starts this October.
Birmingham Water Works announced a major repair project on Highway 280, near the Shades Mountain Filtration Treatment Plant that is set to begin Feb. 6.
The Alabama Department of Transportation is closing the outside right lane of I-59/20 northbound/eastbound for the installation of bridge rail mounted fencing.