West Alabama Highway HQ to be located in Demopolis

From the West Alabama Newsroom–

The West Alabama Highway won’t run through the city of Demopolis — but the city will still benefit greatly from the project.

The West Alabama Highway is a north-south corridor through west Alabama — from Mobile to Tuscaloosa.

“This is going to spur economic development in this area. This is going to give us in west Alabama the opportunity to grow our region, to be able to sell this region,” said Sen. Bobby Singleton.

It’ll come through the Demopolis area about 7 miles east of the city limits.

“We were disappointed. I make no bones about it, when we realized that the highway wasn’t coming through Demopolis,” said Mayor Woody Collins.

But that letdown was replaced with excitement after Demopolis was chosen for the location of the project headquarters.

“The decision to place the field office in Demopolis makes perfect sense,” said Tony Harris with AL-DOT.

“It provides a central location for the corridor. It repurposes available infrastructure.”

Crews are now renovating a 40,000 square foot section of Demopolis Gateway Plaza — in space that had been sitting vacant for years.

“Having this field office here in Demopolis means tremendous economic opportunity for us. And we are so proud to be the home base for this infrastructure,” said Collins.