Man Drowns After Fleeing Deputies
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Associated Press
Published: Tue, May 06, 2008 - 5:57 am
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 6:00 am
Last Updated: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 - 6:00 am
removing roadside memorials along interstates in the Birmingham
area, saying they are dangerous to motorists.
Officials also are considering whether to remove markers on
federal and state routes.
Birmingham Division Engineer Brian Davis of the Alabama
Department of Transportation says he told district engineers to
remove the markers on interstates. The division covers Jefferson,
Shelby, Blount, St. Clair and Walker counties.
Davis says memorials are a problem along congested urban
interstates.
State Transportation Director Joe McInnes says he is leaving the
removal of the memorials to the discretion of division engineers.
But he says markers will be removed if they cause a sight-distance
problem, are in highway medians, affect traffic flow or are in the
way of roadside mowing.
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