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Baldwin County, ALDOT to split cost for new signal at US 98 and County Road 91
Summary
The Baldwin County Commission approved a funding agreement with the Alabama Department of Transportation to install a mast-arm traffic signal at the US 98 and County Road 91 intersection, with a 50/50 cost split and related intersection improvements included in the county's FY2026 budget.
The Baldwin County Commission announced approval of a funding agreement with the Alabama Department of Transportation to install a new mast-arm traffic signal at the intersection of U.S. 98 and County Road 91. The commission approved the item as part of the consent agenda; the project is included in Baldwin County's FY2026 budget.
County presenter Mark said the signal work will include utility relocations, new left-turn lanes onto County Road 91 and a right-turn lane for U.S. 98 eastbound. "This signal will be a fifty-fifty split with ALDOT," Mark said. He added the design is about 80% complete and the county is in ALDOT review; once permits are issued the county will move the project into construction.
Staff described the project as a major intersection improvement. Mark said the traffic-signal portion of the work is "about a $1,000,000 traffic signal" that includes utility relocations and will be split 50/50 with ALDOT. A commissioner who helped negotiate the agreement described the broader intersection work as larger in scope: "This is a big project. This is about 2 and a half million dollar project, to do all of the intersection improvement work that we have to do," the commissioner said.
County staff and commissioners credited Commissioner Gruber and ALDOT Director Cooper with helping secure the funding agreement. County officials said the FY2026 budget includes the local share and added that utility coordination will be substantial during design and construction.
Next steps are final ALDOT review and permitting, after which the county will advertise and schedule construction. Officials did not provide a start date for construction. The commission approved the funding agreement on the consent agenda earlier in the meeting.
Costs and timeline details: staff provided two cost figures in remarks. Mark described the funded signal portion as roughly $1,000,000; a commissioner described full intersection improvements as about $2.5 million. The county said the project is funded in the FY2026 budget and design is roughly 80% complete; the project still requires ALDOT permit approval before construction begins.
