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Mayor: ALDOT Bayway work will continue despite contractor change; city announces hazardous-waste event and gun-violence town hall
Summary
Mayor William S. Stimpson told the Mobile City Council that a contractor change under review by ALDOT will not halt Bayway engineering work, and announced a city household hazardous-waste drop-off March 29 and a gun-violence town hall April 10.
Mayor William S. Stimpson told the Mobile City Council on March 20 that a recent media report about a contractor change for the Bayway bridge project does not mean the project is stalled. "The good news is is that all the work that has been done by the contractor on the Bayway, that engineering will not be lost," Stimpson said.
The mayor said the Alabama Department of Transportation is evaluating proposals and expects to identify the next contractor in coming weeks while negotiating a guaranteed maximum price and finalizing a TIFIA loan. "AlDOT is still very optimistic about the pathway forward, and they still anticipate groundbreaking by the end of 2025," he said.
The city also announced a household hazardous-waste collection event on Saturday, March 29, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Seals Community Center. The mayor said no registration is required and that staff will ask for visitors' ZIP codes to verify city residency. Stimpson said last year's collections weighed nearly 80,000 pounds and helped keep hazardous materials out of landfills.
Stimpson announced a gun-violence town hall hosted by the Office of Public Safety and the Community Advisory Panel on Thursday, April 10, at 6 p.m. at Revelation Missionary Baptist Church on Taylor Lane. He named panelists who will participate in that event: Rob Lansky; Chief William Jackson; Dr. Ashley Williams Hogue; Dr. Kelvin Michaels; and representatives from the Mobile County Public School System.
The mayor and public-safety leaders also recognized police and fire employees for recent awards and presented a proclamation and key to the city to a visiting representative of the Societe de Cincinnati de France. Those acknowledgments were ceremonial and did not involve council action.
Why this matters: the Bayway is a major transportation project for Mobile and regional travel; continuing engineering work and a planned financing package are necessary steps before construction can restart. The hazardous-waste event and the town hall are city-led efforts tied to public safety and environmental stewardship.
Details and context: Stimpson said ALDOT will turn over existing contractor engineering work to whichever firm continues the procurement process, and that negotiations on a guaranteed maximum price and the TIFIA loan remain in progress. The household hazardous-waste collection will accept automobile fluids, aerosols, batteries, fluorescent tubes, paint, cleaners, pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers. The gun-violence town hall is described as a community forum seeking input from young people and families.
What to watch next: the mayor said ALDOT will have more updates in the coming weeks about contractor selection and the financing schedule for the Bayway.
