Greeno Road Woes

Alabama Fairhope Not everyone happy about new road project eliminating the center turn lane on Fairhope's busiest road

by Pat Peterson

Published: Thu, June 26, 2008 - 5:17 pm CST Last Updated: Mon, July 28, 2008 - 9:52 pm CST

Fairhope's busiest road is getting a facelift. Work crews are ripping up the center turn lane on Greeno Road, replacing miles of concrete and asphalt with grass. City leaders say the tree-lined median will add more charm and character to this popular, Eastern Shore community. But not everyone is happy about the road project. Business owner Debra Green says eliminating the middle turn lane will hurt her nursery.

"They've taken our access away without our knowledge and without our permission," says Green. "We weren't even given a chance to oppose this. We've heard there were public meetings held but we have no clue when they were held. We would have been there."

Fairhope City Council president Bob Gentle says Green was given plenty of opportunity to voice her concerns about the road project.

"She's actually been before us," says Gentle. "In fact, she's been before the traffic committee which I'm on and we put her on the agenda last meeting to hear her. We're certainly not trying to run away from her, we're not trying to stonewall."

Gentle says the decision to remove the center turn lane isn't politically motivated but rather an engineering requirement.

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barefootangel Says:

Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 6:20 pm

But, remember it was Greeno Road first.

barefootangel Says:

Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 6:18 pm

The thing to do is shut down the businesses(?) and let people use the “highway”, right? I don’t know what a jughandle is?

southfan1981 Says:

Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 5:44 pm

New Jersey tackled all these dangers by putting in jughandles. Personally, I thought it was a waste. Like you said, having to backtrack and make U turns is not prudent. I made the point that it’s a HIGHWAY. It’s not supposed to be quaint.

barefootangel Says:

Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 5:41 pm

People are having to go farther up the road trying to find a place to turn to come back to where they wanted to be in the first place. Using more gas, paying attention to trying to find a turn, sounds like a mess to me.

southfan1981 Says:

Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 5:35 pm

Highway 98 is a HIGHWAY. Are the changes going to make it safer to make left hand turns?

barefootangel Says:

Tue, Jul 08, 2008 at 5:23 pm

They have “charm and charater” this town to death! Enough already!!