An Alabama judge has ordered construction to halt on a $120-million taxpayer-funded bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway in Orange Beach, citing a “personal vendetta” by Alabama Dept. of Transportation (ALDOT) Director John Cooper against a toll bridge company.
Montgomery County Circuit Judge Jimmy Pool issued the preliminary injunction in May, siding with Baldwin County Bridge Co. (BCBC), which operates the Beach Express Bridge one mile from the under-construction bridge.
