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City continues work to transform Water Street

Posted by Dale Liesch | Sep 21, 2017 | Latest, News | 0 |

The City of Mobile is beginning the next step toward transforming Water Street.

Next week, fiber optic work for the traffic signals on Water Street will begin in preparation for Water Street’s vehicular lane reduction. These are necessary upgrades to create an efficient traffic flow when the outside lane is removed.

Work includes the installation of the conduit and fiber optic line, as well as pulling the fiber line to the controller boxes at all signalized intersections.

The city will also be pulling the fiber into the telecommunication closet adjacent to the Mobile History Museum, so traffic engineers can have communication to the intersections from the office.

Last month, the first phase of construction began, including new sidewalks and new Americans With Disabilities Act-compliant curb ramps at pedestrian crossings.

The purpose of the project is to connect citizens and visitors to the Mobile Riverfront and its amenities, including: Cooper Riverside Park, the Mobile Convention Center, GulfQuest Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico and the Mobile, Alabama Cruise Terminal.

“Water Street is often people’s first impression of the City Mobile,” Mayor Sandy Stimpson said. “Ironically, Water Street currently prevents you from accessing the water. Our goal is to create a safer, more walkable and bikeable corridor that invites you to these attractions. ”

Future plans include new striping to form crosswalks as well as bicycle and pedestrian lanes and reducing the amount of vehicular traffic lanes from six to four.

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Dale Liesch

Dale Liesch

Dale Liesch has been a reporter at Lagniappe since February 2014. He covers all aspects of the city of Mobile, including the mayor, City Council, the Mobile Housing Board of Commissioners, GulfQuest National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico and others. He studied journalism at The University of Alabama and graduated in 2007. He came to Lagniappe, after several years in the newspaper industry. He achieved the position of news editor at The Alexander City Outlook before moving to Virginia and then subsequently moving back a few years later. He has a number of Alabama and Virginia Press association awards to his name. He grew up in the wilderness of Baldwin County, among several different varieties of animals including: dogs, cats, ducks, chickens, a horse and an angry goat. He now lives in the Oakleigh neighborhood of Mobile with his wife, Hillary, and daughter, Joan. The family currently has no goats, angry or otherwise, but is ruled by the whims of two very energetic dogs.

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