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Six years ago, the Alabama Department of Transportation and the city of Tuscaloosa traded streets.
The city took on oversight of University Boulevard, thereby removing the strict state oversight regarding ingress, egress and other factors that can affect or limit how property owners, particularly businesses, can access the roadway.
In exchange, ALDOT received 15th Street, converted it to Alabama Highway 215 and got a straight-shot roadway through one of the state’s largest cities.
“We see this as a benefit to all parties,” said then-City Attorney Glenda Webb in summer 2015 when the deal was finalized.
Now, the city is looking to reclaim 15th Street and, with it, most of Greensboro Avenue from ALDOT to, again, free up developments from the rigid regulations imposed by the state highway department that are meant to improve safety for drivers.
UpdatedMon, May 10, 2021 at 12:51 pm CT
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From left: Northport Mayor Bobby Herndon, Council President Jeff Hogg and City Administrator Glenda Webb. (Ryan Phillips, Patch.com)
NORTHPORT, AL The City of Northport has lured away another big hire from the City of Tuscaloosa, as the City Council voted 4-0 to bring on
Tera Tubbs as Northport s next city engineer.
Tubbs currently works as executive director of Infrastructure and Public Services for the City of Tuscaloosa and follows City Administrator
Glenda Webb as the latest heavy-hitter to leave Tuscaloosa City Hall for Northport.
The council unanimously approved the decision, with Council President
A circuit court judge has vacated the results of the city of Tuscaloosa’s District 7 City Council results, clearing the path for a special election to determine who will hold this seat.
Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Robert S. Vance issued his decision Thursday, less than a week after final summary judgment arguments were submitted by attorneys for incumbent Councilor Sonya McKinstry and political newcomer Cassius Lanier, who won by 28 votes.
Days after her defeat, McKinstry filed a legal challenge to the election citing Lanier’s legal eligibility to hold the office based on his prior felony convictions and asked the court to name her the winner.