Road Widening Controversy Continues
Travelers from Alabama to Florida Panhandle beaches could have a smoother route by the spring thanks to a road widening plan, but residents of the Southern mansions lining the last narrow stretch of highway hope to stop the project.
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In Eufaula, the fight has been going on since last spring, when transportation workers marked possible boundaries for a widened highway.
The iconic two-lane drive of less than a mile through Eufaula’s historic district is the state’s busiest stretch of highway causing traffic backs up more than a mile on some weekends.
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The Department of Transportation is advertising for bids to widen the section of U.S. 431.
It plans to open bids Dec. 5.
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