Discussion Thread

[OldBankhead]

I hadn’t been through Ross Bridge in a while and when I did, I was reminded of how sprawling it is... and to think another significant development is coming in right next to it still? 150 and Lakeshore have grown so much in the past 20 years.

[steveklein]

Originally Posted by OldBankhead

I hadn’t been through Ross Bridge in a while and when I did, I was reminded of how sprawling it is... and to think another significant development is coming in right next to it still? 150 and Lakeshore have grown so much in the past 20 years.

I wonder if there will ever be a a road to connect Chapel Road (or similar) down the mountain to Ross Bridge Parkway. I know the terrain would be brutal, but it would be such a nice and obvious connection to make Ross Bridge feel a bit more like part of Hoover. It feels so disconnected, even with all the growth along 150 and Lakeshore.

I suspect residents in Bluff Park, particularly on Shades Crest Road, would oppose this as it would probably increase traffic there, and there isn't that much reason for the vast majority of Bluff Park residents to visit Ross Bridge on a daily basis.

[mcalumni01]

https://www.bizjournals.com/birmingh...on-grants.html

Birmingham City Council is moving forward with grants to build a two-way cycle track and make other improvements.

At its Jan. 9 meeting, the council gave the mayor approval to pursue a $250,000 Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) grant from its Rebuild Alabama Act annual grant program to pave and add a two-way bike lane on 21st Avenue South.

The council also approved a measure allowing the mayor to pursue a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration through the Advanced Transportation Technologies and Innovative Mobility Deployment Program. The mayor was authorized to accept grant fund disbursement of up to $5 million to support signal improvements along 10 corridors in the city. It would require a 20% match from the city, which would be paid for with American Rescue Plan Act funds.

The 10 corridors are University Boulevard, Green Springs Avenue, Green Springs Highway, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Sixth Avenue, Goldwire, Lomb Avenue, Fifth Avenue South, Sixth Avenue South, 22nd Street, Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard and 20th Street Ensley.

[mcalumni01]

https://www.imaginebham.com/nsfp.html

Interesting info about both areas future land use.

[BammaBoy17]

Soooo we got a a good stretch of I-65 paved from downtown to Oxmoor. And then no more work has been done since before Christmas, what happened?

[MinivanDriver]

Originally Posted by BammaBoy17

Soooo we got a a good stretch of I-65 paved from downtown to Oxmoor. And then no more work has been done since before Christmas, what happened?

Because the temperature for pouring concrete should be above 45-50 degrees. Asphalt is more like 50-90 degrees.

[BammaBoy17]

Originally Posted by MinivanDriver

Because the temperature for pouring concrete should be above 45-50 degrees. Asphalt is more like 50-90 degrees.

ahhhhh makes sense. thanks for that info

[mcalumni01]

Once Coca-Cola start to build their new facility or whatever it is that will go there in the near future, the city has already lobby to ALDOT to construct an off ramp heading south on 40th St. N off the Tallapoosa St. exit. I would figure 40th St. N will also need some widening/lanes added as well.

[mcalumni01]

In 2020, the city was in the mist of a $1B construction boom...https://www.al.com/news/2020/02/amid...y-prosper.html

Currently, another $1B construction boom is getting underway....https://blackcontractorsassociationi...-amid-1b-boom/