HWY 127 REPAVING PROJECT

The Alabama Department of Transportation (ADOT) is spending your tax money ($941,897.12) on a paving project in the Elkmont area.  Highway 127 is being resurfaced and striped from Maples Circle to just north of Wire Way (industrial park).   Reed Contracting Services is working on the road from 7 am to about 4:30 pm during the week.  This is a two lane highway so a pilot car will be used to guide traffic through, alternating between north and southbound lanes.  The project is estimated to take 35 working days to complete.  The ADOT has planned for it to be finished before October 1, weather permitting.

Yes, this is going to be a headache for school traffic between 7:30 - 8 am and 2:45-3:30 pm. Try to find another route during these times or give yourself 15 extra minutes.  Stanley Hill, our district commissioner, and District 1 are not involved in this project since HWY 127 is a state road.  The contractor was able to start a week early so it should reduce the length of time that school traffic will be affected by the resurfacing. 

source: ADOT