Many in South Alabama consider Avery Bates a local legend. His family moved to the Mobile Bay area during the Great Depression to find natural resources to feed their family.
The Go Wide I-65 Coalition, a newly formed non-profit dedicated to widening Alabama’s Interstate 65, announced a multi-state campaign on Friday to draw attention to the needed updates to the state’s often congested main highway.
The Mobile Chamber responded after learning the Mobile Baykeeper intended to file a lawsuit against the U.S. Corps of Engineers over the Mobile Port widening project.
Some businesses along a section of Highway 59 in Gulf Shores are asking the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to take notice and make changes before they are forced out of business due to a long-term project that got underway in July of 2023. They say since then, sales are down and anxiety is high.