Colbert County Archives

Jan 09

If you travel during winter weather, travel intelligently — ALDOT has tools to help

Man at computer watching a bank of screens with weather and traffic information

ALDOT’s Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) provides information to motorists to help them make better travel decisions during severe weather events such as the approaching winter storm Cora.

Cora threatens to coat much of the state in snow and ice and produce widespread travel impacts when it arrives Friday, Jan. 9, and throughout the weekend. The…

Aug 01

Resurfacing of Woodward Avenue in Shoals to start

Vehicles travel on a five-lane highway with curb and gutter.

A $2.5 million resurfacing project will start Friday night on US-43/US-72 (Woodward Avenue) in Tuscumbia and Muscle Shoals.

Weather permitting, the contractor, Rogers Group, will close the eastbound outside lane throughout the weekend for deep patching. The contractor anticipates reopening the lane early Monday.

Milling to remove the old asphalt surface will begin Sunday…

Apr 04

Bids opened for three north Alabama resurfacing projects

The Alabama Department of Transportation opened bids Friday for three north Alabama resurfacing projects totaling more than $9 million.

A nearly six-mile project on US-72 in Jackson County will resurface from CR-42 to east of Crow Creek in Stevenson. Of two bidders, contractor Rogers Group submitted the apparent low bid of $3,930,572.

In Colbert County,…