Upgrades Will Connect More Than Twenty Signals Across Foley Corridors
Foley, Ala. — (OBA) — Foley is taking more steps to improve traffic flow by upgrading the signals along Miflin Road. City leaders say the changes should make it easier for drivers to move through busy areas. The work is part of a larger plan across Foley. The project is a continuation of a growing partnership between the city and state transportation officials.
The Foley City Council has approved plans to upgrade the traffic lights on Miflin Road between Alabama 59 and Alabama 161 (formerly the Foley Beach Express). Mayor Ralph Hellmich said the effort builds on a signal coordination project the council first backed in 2024. That earlier decision committed Foley to working with the Alabama Department of Transportation on signals across the city.
Hellmich told council members that the cooperation with ALDOT began more than a year ago. He said the goal is to ease long waits at lights and reduce driver complaints. “It’s an incremental increase, but every time we make another step, it helps fix those complaints that you get about how that signal is turning red and nobody is there,” he said…