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Birmingham City Council Passes Highway 280 Resolution

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Published April 27, 2010 at 6:52 p.m.

Birmingham leaders haven"t been shy about expressing concerns over the state"s elevated Highway 280 plan but relaying the message to the governor wasn"t so easy ...

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VIDEO:  Birmingham urges state to seek 280 solution alternatives

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Published April 27, 2010 at 11:54 a.m.

Birmingham City Council approved a resolution urging Governor Bob Riley and ALDOT to consider alternative plans to solve Highway 280 traffic congestion ...

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Highway 280 and Chelsea

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Published April 20, 2010 at 10:05 p.m.

The city of Chelsea is in favor of a resolution to support ALDOT's efforts to relieve congestion on Highway 280. Chelsea residents say it's about time! ... Jackie Branch travels Highway 280 everyday from Chelsea to Birmingham ... "On a good day or a bad day? On a good day, hour 15 on a bad day it can take over two hours," Branch says.  ... She's not the only one. Thousands of cars roll down the stretch of congested highway daily ... "I hate it, I get to the place where I will take 65 to avoid

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Birmingham Highway 280 Fight

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Published April 20, 2010 at 5:49 p.m.

It may not be perfect, but the elevated toll road from Double Oak Mountain to I-459 is the only project on the table to relieve congestion on Highway 280 ... The City of Hoover is officially on board but Birmingham City Council members are not fans ... not even a little bit ... Their primary gripe ... there's no plan to include light rail ... Councilor Johnathan Austin says to not include light rail would be a huge disappointment. "We're not saying we do not want the toll road. We're saying

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Birmingham delays vote on Highway 280 toll road idea

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Published April 20, 2010 at 11:07 a.m.

The Birmingham City Council has delayed a vote to decide how to proceed with a plan to construct a toll road over Highway 280 ...

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Hoover Supports Highway 280 Plan

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Published April 19, 2010 at 9:48 p.m.

Another city considers the governor's plan to get rid of the traffic congestion ... Business owners agree something has to be done with the traffic, but the elevated highway toll plan may not be the answer they are looking for ... Llyod's Restaurant owner Eli Stevens times the traffic lights on Highway 280. He thinks the problem lies in the traffic lights ... "Biggest problem with 280 is that the lights aren't staying green for one minute and forty seconds. If you have 50,000 cars coming down

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800 Gather for Passover Seder

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Published April 3, 2010 at 9:21 p.m.

800 people gathered at Birmingham"s Cahaba Grand Center on Highway 280 Saturday for an event called Community Seder ...

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VIDEO:  Mayor William Bell pushes for mass transit on 280

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Published March 30, 2010 at 4:03 p.m.

Birmingham Mayor William Bell plans to push Governor Bob Riley for a mass transit option on Highway 280 ...

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Trying To Alleviate 280 Traffic Nightmare

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Published March 11, 2010 at 10:52 p.m.

Whether you live, work, or shop down Highway 280 we all face the same problem. Traffic! Now, local and state governments are driving home a solution ... Hoover and Birmingham mayors listened intently to a possible elevated highway and toll road project. But, it isn't cheap ... There saying its 800 million dollars it's more than everyone in all of Jefferson County can afford, this has to be a state project ... That's why the cities of Birmingham, Hoover, Vestavia Hills and Homewood must all agree

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ALDOT: The Toll Road or No Road

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Published March 11, 2010 at 8:56 p.m.

A project to to ease congestion on Highway 280 will soon move full speed ahead or screech to a halt. Thursday night ... the state presented its toll road plan to leaders from Birmingham and Hoover. And the state made it clear that it was their way or no way ...

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