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Commission approves Shreeves Estates subdivision after neighbors warn of bulkhead, flooding and wetland fill
Summary
The Mobile City Planning Commission approved a one‑lot subdivision at 4047 Dawson Drive despite multiple residents’ objections that an unpermitted bulkhead and planned fill would harm a public canal, worsen flooding and block navigation; the applicant said revised plans reduce wetland fill and will reposition the bulkhead pending state and federal permits.
The Mobile City Planning Commission voted April 16 to approve the Shreeves Estates subdivision at 4047 Dawson Drive, a 0.34‑acre lot, after a public hearing in which several nearby residents urged denial over an unpermitted bulkhead and proposed filling of wetland and canal area.
Neighbors said the parcel is largely underwater and that constructing a bulkhead and adding fill would restrict the canal and increase flooding. "It's going to directly affect all of us that are on the other side of the canal," said Nick Lai, a Worth Drive resident, arguing the lot would require more than 50% fill to be buildable. Anne Marie Nikolai, another nearby resident, told the commission she calculated the applicant's proposal would fill roughly 6,000…
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