On the heels of the Tuscaloosa City Council passing a resolution urging Alabama’s state government to purchase the Tuscaloosa By-Pass toll bridge over the Black Warrior River, the City of Northport is scheduled to take up the same issue next week, WBMA reports. A proposed resolution asks the state to remove tolls on the span connecting the two communities, emulating a similar change when Alabama DOT acquired the Foley Beach Express toll bridge in May.
TRN notes, the proposal to have the state acquire the American Roads-owned bridge is spearheaded by Alabama State Senator Gerald Allen (R-21).