City of Gulf Shores to Adjust Traffic Speed Limits
John Mullen • April 15, 2024
City Plans 4th of July Fireworks, Food Truck Festivals
Gulf Shores, Ala. – (OBA) – Since buying new lights for the Gulf Shores Sportsplex, the city has found the electrical infrastructure for just the football stadium will have to be upgraded.
The city council will meet in a work session on April 15 at city hall in council chambers at 4 p.m.
“Upon review of the existing electrical service, it has been determined that an electrical engineer is needed to provide engineered drawings and bid specifications only for the Football Stadium portion of the project,” a memo on the agenda states. “The remaining fields (Baseball, Softball, and Soccer) have adequate electrical service and do not need any additional engineering.”
During the work session, the council will discuss:
- Recognizing Lifeguard of the month for March, Liam Bickham. This is his first year as a lifeguard and in March, he had 671 calls for service, 533 public contacts, 66 preventions, 62 ordinance enforcements, seven rescues and two major medical calls.
- Recognizing the Firefighter of the first quarter of 2024, Derrick Jimenez for his work developing training evolutions for crews and helping them to become better firefighters.
- Approving the Alabama Department of Transportation’s maintenance agreement for a sidewalk on the west side of State Route 59 in the area of the new Langston Animal Hospital.
- Authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with Gulf Shores Utilities for reimbursement of $3.5 million for relocation of utilities on the west side of State Route 59 from the bridge north to County Road 6 for the ongoing widening project adding a third southbound lane on the roadway.
- An amendment to the traffic ordinance to change speed limits on 17 stretches of road in the city including Canal Road from East Second Street to East 10th Street at 45 mph and east of East 10th to the city limits at 55 mph.
- Three items concerning the city’s Fourth of July fireworks celebration including an assembly permit, a memorandum of understanding with Gulf State Park to use the park’s pier to launch the show and a contract with Pyro Shows for $36,500 to put on the show.
- An assembly permit for the Doc’s Hot Trot for ARC at LuLu’s on June 15.
- An assembly permit for the third annual Coastal Alabama Food Truck and Beer Festival at the town green in Gulf Place on Nov. 9-10.
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