AL DOT & State Troopers Get Redy For Hurricane Season

Alabama Hurricane They will practice reversing southbound traffic on I-65 Wednesday. If a hurricane approaches all lanes of I-65 will be northbound only from Mobile to Montgomery.
by The Associated Press
Published: Tue, May 19, 2009 - 7:21 pm CST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Motorists traveling along Interstate 65
in south Alabama on Wednesday will see state transportation
employees and state troopers practicing for a hurricane evacuation.
It's the state Department of Transportation's annual rehearsal
for reversing the southbound traffic to allow all four lanes to
carry northbound traffic from the Alabama coast to Montgomery when
a hurricane is approaching.
Transportation officials say about 200 department employees will
be involved in the rehearsal, but no traffic will actually be
reserved or detoured.
The lane reversal has been used for Hurricanes Ivan and Dennis.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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mob1 Says:
Wed, May 20, 2009 at 9:12 am

O’ Good lord why are they practicing this, now people are going to expect this to be done perfectly without any flaws since they have practiced this. HAHAHAHA

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