City of Birmingham Announces Efforts to Reduce Truck Traffic in Neighborhoods
(BIRMINGHAM) – The City of Birmingham is increasing efforts to reduce commercial truck traffic in select locations of downtown Birmingham and neighborhoods impacted by the Alabama Department of Transportation’s (ALDOT) current construction of I-59/20.
The Birmingham Department of Transportation (BDOT) is currently placing restrictive signage concerning truck traffic in the city.
The Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Boulevard is not a truck route. BDOT has removed dated signage that previously identified the boulevard as a truck route. ALDOT will place additional truck restriction signs at all entry points for the 17th Street North off ramp. These signs will read “No Trucks” and “Local Deliveries Only.”
Local truck traffic should only go straight or right after exiting the 17th Street North off ramp from I-59/20.
In addition, the City of Birmingham has designated several restricted areas entering Fountain Heights, Druid Hills and Norwood neighborhoods. Signage restricting trucks through these neighborhoods will continue to be placed over the next week. In order to enforce these restricted areas and limit truck patterns to local deliveries only, the Birmingham Police Department will designate key checkpoint sites.
“No Trucks” and “Local Deliveries Only” signs have and will be posted in the following locations:
- Interstate off-ramp to 17th Street North
- Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Boulevard through downtown
- Entry Points to the Fountain Heights, Druid Hills, and Norwood residential neighborhoods
