Repairing Interstate 20/59

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Interstate 20/59 through downtown Birmingham is aging and something needs to be done about it. Most people can agree on that. The Alabama Department of Transportation has a plan they could start implementing this fall, but there are opponents who say that plan is shortsighted and should be scrapped. We talk about it in this week’s Magic City Marketplace. Birmingham Business Journal editor Cindy Fisher Crawford tells WBHM’s Andrew Yeager about ALDOT’s current plans for 20-59 through downtown.  She also talks about the bills the business community liked from the recent legislative session and what we know about the Brookwood/Baptist Health System merger.

 

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