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Statewide updates for Hurricane Isaias

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STATEWIDE UPDATE: Oct. 10 at 5:30 p.m.

Over the last few days, ALDOT crews have worked around the...

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The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), and states around the nation are encouraging motorists to observe National Work Zone Awareness Week on April 20-24, by slowing down in work zones and watching for roadway workers.

The theme for this year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week is “Safe Actions Save…

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ALDOT employees and area contractor attend Work Zone Awareness Week press conference.

Leaders from the Alabama Department of Transportation, the Associated General Contractors of America, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and the Alabama Road Builders Association gathered to kick off the 2026 National Work Zone Awareness Week on Monday with a press conference in Mobile, emphasizing the critical role drivers play in keeping road crews safe.

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Representatives from ALDOT, ALEA, the Alabama Legislature and other industry partners held a press conference at the Alabama State Capitol today, April 14, to remind drivers of the importance of driving safely in work zones.

The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), and states around the nation are encouraging motorists to observe National Work Zone Awareness Week on April 20-24, by slowing down in work zones and watching for roadway workers.

The theme for this year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week is “Safe Actions Save…

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The $9.6 million project will add lanes to part of SR-35 in Section.

A contractor will tentatively begin work next week to construct additional lanes on about one mile of SR-35 in Section.

The $9.6 million project will widen the three-lane highway to five lanes — two through lanes in each direction and a center turn lane — from Williams Street to north of Scenic Drive.  

The…

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Ozark Safety Services installed this dynamic message sign (DMS) on I-65 on Tuesday, April 7.

A contractor is installing the first dynamic message signs on I-65 in north Alabama this week. One DMS went into place earlier this week, and a second will be installed tonight.

The message signs are part of ALDOT’s $2.5 million advanced corridor management project on I-65. The project ranges from Exit 334 at SR-67 in…

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