2015 Year in preview: Traffic improvements in the works

The city should be taking next steps to address residents’ concerns traffic congestion as expressed in a survey conducted last year.

The Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham (RPCGB) is working with the city to conduct a citywide traffic study that began this fall.

The study will ultimately determine eight intersection project locations to conduct low-cost improvements. The city is hoping to secure an Advance Planning Programming & Logical Engineering (APPLE) grant to pay for $40,000 of the approximately $45,000 project.

RPCGB will hold a public involvement meeting to solicit public input on the intersections, but a date has not been set.