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Alabama considers truck-only tolls in proposed new bridge The Alabama Department of Transportation and local leaders in the Mobile, Alabama, area, are considering instituting truck-only tolls on a new proposed I-10 bridge over the Mobile River to ease congestion in the Wallace Tunnel in downtown Mobile. The proposal calls for construction of a bridge over the Mobile River designated for the use of only large trucks over 46 feet long. These trucks would be prohibited from using the Wallace ...

Alabama truckers question constitutionality of I-10 toll bridge AL.com 3 days ago John Sharp, al.com © John Sharp A truck approaches the Interstate 10 interchange at U.S. 98 in Daphne, Ala., on Thursday, March 25, 2021. State and local officials are considering the construction of a truck-only bridge over the Mobile River that will be financed through 0 to 5 tolls on large trucks. A truck-only toll would do little to relive congestion through the Wallace Tunnel and could be...

Colleges offering variety of film, music premiering this weekend Bridgette Redman Act I: Film explores what comes next after pandemic When it came time to figure out how his Lansing Community College theater class would tackle their spring performance, Mark Colson wasn’t interested in directing just another regular show translated to Zoom or livestream. “If we were going to do this, I wanted to test the boundaries of something else,” Colson said. He and his class started with the idea of ...

The complete article can be found at AlabamaNewsCenter.com. By Chuck Chandler More than 110,000 truckers across Alabama are on the lookout during National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, hoping to drive out “one of the most egregious human rights violations in the USA and around the world.” Alabama Trucking Association President and CEO Mark Colson said his organization and Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) helped generate bipartisan support in 2019 in the Alabama Legislature that led t...

Alabama truckers join in fight against human trafficking By Chuck Chandler January 29, 2021 Truckers Against Trafficking has had a major impact across the nation and in Alabama, where truckers urged the Legislature to pass a 2019 law requiring anti-trafficking training for anyone holding a commercial drivers license. (Truckers Against Trafficking) More than 110,000 truckers across Alabama are on the lookout during National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, hoping to drive out “one of the mos...

Truckers are an important line of defense against human trafficking The Montgomery Advertiser 1/25/2021 Mark Colson, Special to the Advertiser © Contributed Mark Colson is president and CEO of the Alabama Trucking Association. On any given day, there are tens of thousands of people being trafficked into and within the U.S. A large percentage of the victims are minors, often young females, who are brutally forced to perform commercial acts of sex or labor against their will....

Alabama truckers deal with pandemic, wait for vaccine Trucking during a pandemic By Cassie Fambro | January 14, 2021 at 10:03 PM CST - Updated January 14 at 10:50 PM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - When offices were mostly empty and businesses shuttered last spring, the hum of an 18-wheeler’s diesel engine was often alone on the highway. Now, truck drivers are among those responsible for delivering the vaccine, but can’t get it themselves anytime soon. Responsible for 70 percent of Ame...

The Alabama Trucking Association sponsored legislation that guarantees when you get a CDL, you’ll learn the red flags.