Comments on: Nine Mile Widening Begins Soon From Beulah To Hwy 29; Public Info Meeting Set

By: jeeperman

jeeperman — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:33:45 +0000

Both this stretch of Nine Mile and Pine Forest are state roads.
All the county can do is beg and wait on the state to do the improvements.

By: Fr÷da

Fr÷da — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 05:12:34 +0000

Why can’t we get a ECAT stop in Beulah? We see the bus drive right down to the Pin air place can someone please answer this I’ve asked everyone. It would be nice to have that option to go into town instead of the little stores out here all of the time.

By: another area resident

another area resident — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 22:40:01 +0000

“We’ve been working for 20 years to fix the traffic and gridlock in the Beulah community”

Really? There haven’t been any fixes to the traffic and gridlock in the area, but there has been plenty of growth to outgrow the infrastructure. Allowing one of the largest employers in the area, along with one of the largest subdivisions to be placed along a 2 lane road doesn’t make much sense.

Commissioner Robertson needs to drive down 9 mile between 6:30 and 8am and then again between 3:30 and 6pm so he can see that there have been no fixes to the traffic and gridlock. Then maybe he can talk to the people who have been rear ended each and every week. 9 Mile Rd should have been widened long before all of the growth was allowed.

By: old man

old man — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 22:23:05 +0000

well here we go again the beloved leaders have decided they will throw the people a bone they have allowed that area to expand with no thought to the traffic there was no mention of pine forest from I 10 to 9 mile to me this should be a prioriry as one person posted maybe it is time for new leadership remember the gas tax for E C AT the increase in fire tax some of these people have been in office way to long

By: John Stanley

John Stanley — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:52:45 +0000

I smell another Avalon Blvd coming on,it will take at least 5 yrs

By: R smith

R smith — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 21:11:16 +0000

Why in the world would they stop the 4 lane at Beulah road and not continue the last 2 miles to the mobile hey junction (where by the way it is already 4 laned for a few yards) with the new subdivisions and the school being put less than a mile past Beulah Rd this is just plain dumb. Get the job done right the first time so you don’t have to keep going back over and over.

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 19:53:12 +0000

I am a twenty year Beulah resident and as much as I am not looking forward to the construction, I am more than ready for it to begin. It feels like the plans are already way behind schedule and capacity. Personally, I think they really ought to be widening it to six lanes rather than four. The expected growth to this area is already going to overwhelm a four-lane road.

By: JLSeale

JLSeale — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 18:13:07 +0000

save the “big Oak” tree on nine mile road………………….

By: Beulah Resident

Beulah Resident — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 15:46:12 +0000

Several years ago, there was a meeting for the new interstate exchange – purposed for coming off of Isaac Lane. Not sure when construction is slated for that one but seems to me, if we had that exit in place, that would help with “some” of the traffic on 9 mile. It still needs to be widened but given the new exit before widening would help. Also, why stop just the other side of Beulah Road (as shown in the drawing)? I thought the four lane’s were to extend out to where Mobile Hwy. and 9 Mile meet.
What upsets me the most is, our County allows new businesses, new residential neighborhoods, new schools etc. to be built without having our infrastructure in place. Don’t issue permits for new construction until our roads are in place people. Oh that’s right, we want your tax money and don’t care if you drive or sit in traffic everyday.
What that being said, PLEASE, go vote tomorrow!! Maybe we need to get some of the existing member’s out of office.

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 15:02:02 +0000

How does this fit into the new access being constructed through the Barrineau Park area?

If both were in place, I think it would help traffic quite a bit since the cars would have some alternate routes to make use of.