A group including residents, activists and elected leaders has filed a federal lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Transportation seeking to stop a downtown Birmingham project. ALDOT began work this fall on a plan to replace and expand the elevated potions of Interstate 20/59 in the city center. But the organization Move I-20/59, which is behind the lawsuit, contends the environmental impact study conducted for the project violates federal law. A lawyer for ALDOT says they have received a copy of the lawsuit but have not had a chance to review it. WBHM’s Andrew Yeager spoke with Darrell O’Quinn, executive director of Move I-20/59.
You can hear ALDOT Director John Cooper talk about the project in an interview from earlier this year.