Mountain Brook Meeting Scheduled

ALDOT and Linda Figg will present their U.S. 280 proposal at Mountain Brook City Hall, March 8, 2010, 10:00 a.m. The meeting is open to the public. Please come and voice your opinion!

Opposition Growing in Birmingham

"The opposition to toll roads on Highway 280 is getting stronger -- this time in the Magic City" -- ABC 33/40.
Birmingham City Councilors today expressed concern about the proposed toll road, with some calling it "a gateway to Shelby County." A scheduled presentation by ReThink280 to the Council was postponed but should be scheduled soon, along with one by ALDOT.
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Just a Concept?

Despite assurances from ALDOT as recently as January 2010 that the U.S. 280 Expansion Project is just one "legitimate concept that's on the table," the project appears to be moving ahead full steam. These photos show survey work taking place on U.S. 280 at Dolly Ridge Road today. Surveyors were also observed at Green Valley Road. No word yet on the date of those promised "public involvement" meetings.

Opposition to the Elevated in Shelby County

"This is a plan that is going to kill retail businesses and development on 280." -- Chuck Jett, Business for a Viable 280


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What a Real Elevated Road Looks Like

These are photos of Tampa's Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway, an elevated roadway designed by Figg Engineers.

(c) 2010 FIGG.

(c) News Channel 8 photo by PAUL LAMISON, 2009.

ALDOT Proposed Toll Road Structure at Cherokee Road

The walls of this proposed bridge structure would rise 25 feet above ground level at the height of this intersection.

ALDOT Proposed Toll Road Structure at Office Park

Survey Prep in Hollywood

ALDOT contractor Sain Associates, Inc., was knocking on doors in Homewood this week, informing residents that surveying work related to the U.S. 280 Expansion Project will soon begin in the area. Concerned residents of the historic Hollywood neighborhood, which is bordered by U.S. 280 as it approaches Birmingham, were refused details about the plans.
Photos courtesy the Hollywood Neighborhood Association.

More Photos from Hollywood

Photos courtesy the Hollywood Neighborhood Association.

A Pricey Commute

At 20 cents a mile, a commuter who traveled the entire length of the toll road twice a day, every workday for a year, would pay $1,040 in tolls. At 25 cents a mile, that commuter would pay $1,300 in a year.

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Homewood Seeks Alternate Plan

City of Homewood officials have asked ALDOT to weigh the impact the state's plan for U.S. 280 would have on neighboring cities and to consider the ReThink280 plan as a viable alternative for improving traffic conditions along the corridor. The City has also asked the Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham to include the ReThink280 plan in its U.S. 280 Corridor Transit Study, which is currently under way.
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Click here for Homewood's letters to ALDOT and RPC [PDF]

Task Force Ignored

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