Broad Street

It’s a great day on MLK! Crews began mobilizing this week and preparing our laydown yard across Three Mile Creek. Milling started between Butchers Lane and Lincoln Street, and the construction team has created a new traffic scheme with  two lanes of travel, temporary striping and barrels. Work on the water line replacement will start next week. As a reminder, we will work on the west side of the Mardi Gras route until after February 17th, completing all of the major items of work. Please remember to drive slowly and with extra care in the construction zone with workers being…

Mobile, Ala. — Construction will begin this week along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue as the City of Mobile makes major investments into this historic downtown corridor. Work is starting this week near Butchers Lane just past Three Mile Creek and will move east toward Broad Street. There will be single-lane closures as work progresses, but the road will remain open to traffic throughout the project. The project is expected to wrap up in the summer of 2027. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue “Complete Streets” Project represents an $11.2 million investment and will include a full reconstruction…

Next Wednesday, July 30th, at 2;30pm, the bid for construction of the Dr. Martin Luther King Avenue phase of the Broad Street Project will be opening. Check the City's website for more information.

Join City of Mobile staff to learn about the elements of the next phase of the Broad Street project: MLK Jr. Avenue. See design details, speak one-on-one with the project team, and get your questions answered! Thursday May 7 6-7:30 PM Bishop State Community College, County Commission Lecture Hall   News coverage of the event: Residents get a preview of upcoming MLK, Jr. Ave. Complete Streets project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QbUKjhcNEE On Saturday, July 29, 2023, 176 participants biked, ran, walked, rolled, and strolled the Hank Aaron Loop to celebrate the official reopening of Broad Street as part of the inaugural “Lope the Loop” Fun Run/Walk. Since 2019, the Broad Street Revitalization Project has invested more than $21 million into the roadways, infrastructure and amenities along Beauregard, Broad and Canal streets. This transformative effort has rebuilt these majors corridors from the ground up — replacing decades old infrastructure, improving roads, connecting neighborhoods and making downtown more accessible to cyclists, pedestrians, and wheelchair users. If you missed this year’s event, don’t…

Mobile, Ala. – Beginning next week, Broad Street will be closed from Government Street to the roundabout at the intersection of Canal Street so crews can begin replacing underground utilities and adding new curbs, ramps, and drainage features to the area. This section of Broad Street will close at approximately 6 a.m. on Monday, April 25, and will remain closed for several months as the work in this area continues. During the closure, Washington Avenue will be used as a detour from Government Street to Canal Street. There will be multiple signs in the area marking the detour while the road…