The intersection project will be funded through the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program II, a program created under the Rebuild Alabama Act.
The state instituted all controlled turns when the Beltline expansion to six lanes was complete. The Beltline had permissive turns when it was a four-lane highway. Prewitt said drivers complained about "having to wait too long under a controlled turn" with no oncoming traffic. "There will be some impacts to traffic, particularly those left-turn movements from the Beltline," Burkett said.Ĭity Engineer Carl Prewitt said the plan is to move the left-turn lane closer to the center of the road to allow the permissive turns. The project will enable drivers to make permissive left turns from the Beltline at the two intersections when they have a green light after a controlled turn by a green arrow.ĪLDOT spokesman Seth Burkett said it usually takes a couple of months to review bids and award the contract so "we're thinking it will likely be spring before the construction begins."īurkett said details on the sequencing of the project will be worked out with the contractor closer to the start of construction. Wiregrass Construction won the contract with a bid of just over $1.8 million on the project to realign the Central Parkway and Sandlin Road intersections on Beltline Road.
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