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Birmingham approves multi‑stage Woodward/Elm/Haines staging plan after questions on timing and business access
Summary
After extended debate about timing, pedestrian detours and business access, the City Commission approved a 2025–2027 staging agreement for work on Woodward/Elm/Haines with a request that the contractor and city return a phase‑by‑phase timeline and access details to the commission.
The Birmingham City Commission voted Nov. 10 to approve a multi‑stage staging and construction agreement involving Woodward, Elm and Haines, but several commissioners pressed staff and the developer for clearer timelines and assurances about business access during closures.
Commissioner Andrew Hague said the plan lacks specific timing for each stage and warned that some streets in the plan have been closed for extended periods in the past. "We're losing city streets for an unknown period of time," he…
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