Spanish Fort pushes forward on Eastern Shore Center road, athletic-field plan as county funding aligns

Spanish Fort officials outlined a proposed expansion of the Eastern Shore Center cooperative improvement district and an accompanying road and athletic-field project, and the city council voted to approve the plan in concept and forward it to the Baldwin County Commission for consideration.

David Connor, a city staff member, told the council the project would use a donated 80-foot right of way from Eastern Shore Lanes owners Sonya and Butch Cole to provide a new access road and create connectivity between Old Highway 31 and Eastern Shore Boulevard. “They have agreed to donate 80 foot right of way across their property,” Connor said, adding that the donation was “the linchpin” that allowed the project to move forward.

The project as described by Connor would pursue county infrastructure funding that the council said has been made available through a Baldwin County program (referred to in the meeting as a roughly $30,000,000 fund).…