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Mountain Brook approves parking restriction after study finds students walking in roadway
Mountain Brook leaders have approved a new parking restriction after a city-commissioned traffic study documented parents and children walking in the roadway during afternoon dismissal near Cherokee Bend Elementary School. The study examined Corinth Drive and Kennesaw Drive, where some parents park to avoid the school’s long carpool line.
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Truckers, city fleets adjusting to higher diesel prices
GADSDEN, Ala. (WBRC) - Diesel prices are at an all-time high at almost $6 a gallon in Alabama, and higher than that across the country. Truckers said they’re paying about three times as much as they were before. Tiffany Russell is the fleet manager for the city of Gadsden....
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ALDOT begins nearly year long road improvement project on U.S. 31 in Homewood
The Alabama Department of Transportation has launched a nine month long, $6 million resurfacing and access management road project on U.S. 31 in Homewood. Construction began on Sunday, Sept. 13. Drivers should expect nightly single lane closures from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. The project will stretch from U.S. 31...
Bham Now
US-31 nightly lane closures hit Homewood, Vestavia through 2027
For the next nine months, if you are traveling south from downtown Birmingham on US-31 into Homewood or north from Vestavia through Homewood on 31, be prepared for possible nightly lane closures. 2.4 mile stretch of US-31 through Homewood. This week, the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) announced it has...
WAFF
North Alabama transportation summit draws more than 175 leaders
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - More than 175 leaders and transportation experts gathered in Huntsville on Monday for North Alabama’s first Regional Transportation Summit. Congressman Dale Strong discussed federal funding and major road projects, including the push to widen Interstate 65. Strong urged local governments to continue pursuing available transportation dollars.
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Data Center Revolt Bus Tour Comes to Bessemer
The AI Data Center Revolt Bus Tour came to Alabama on Sunday evening to encourage citizens to make their voices heard at both the local and national level. The Bus Tour is a project of Humans First, a grassroots, America First organization of everyday Americans fighting to put the future of Al in the hands of the people, not unaccountable tech elites.
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First Ave N at 35th Street bridge closed temporarily
MAX has shifted a stop nearby and will pick up about a block away. Your support helps us grow and sustain a newsroom for the City Built to Change the South. Donate today to help Birmingham stay informed. First Avenue North at the 35th Street bridge will be closed for...
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‘It’s very frustrating’: Mountain Brook workers seek parking solutions as tickets add up
MOUNTAIN BROOK, Ala. (WBRC) -Some employees in Mountain Brook say parking tickets are piling up, taking hundreds of dollars out of their paychecks and making it difficult to keep staff on the payroll. Devin Varnadoe works in the area and says this week she’s paid $60 in parking fees.