HARTFORD-The second of two public involvement meetings in as many weeks as part of a Southeast Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission feasibility study was held Tuesday at the Wiregrass
MICHELLE MANN Electric Cooperative Complex in Hartford. A similar public meeting was held March 7 at the Enterprise Civic Center.
People are also reading… “This project is still visionary. The purpose of this study is to determine whether it is a feasible project,” said Wiregrass Electric Cooperative Chief Operating Officer Brad Kimbro. “Clearly improvements of these roadways would have significant regional economic development impact, specifically industrial freight traffic, growth of existing employers and additional roadway capacity to help facilitate emergency evacuation.
The 60-mile roadway is the major connector between Troy and Panama City Beach, Florida, SR-167. The two-lane road for most of its length enters Coffee County from Dale County, passes through Enterprise, and proceeds northerly into Pike County. The route is a primary source for north/south transportation of goods and services and heavily traveled by freight traffic. It also serves as an emergency access route in the event of hurricane-related evacuations from Florida.
The project is being supported by the areas local and national legislative representatives and county and municipal elected officials, Kimbro said. “Regional support is the key because it’s everybody coming together on the same page about this corridor being four-laned. Everybody is on board.
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