From late Summer 2018 through early Spring 2019, GrowCove volunteers accomplished a number of things to benefit the Cove. Here are some highlights: Cecil Ashburn Project GrowCove organized several meetings with the City of Huntsville, ALDOT, Madison County, and the Town of Gurley to proactively address and mitigate negative impacts Read more…
Cove-area streets and roads fall under the jurisdiction of several entities: the City of Huntsville, Madison County, and State of Alabama (ALDOT). Every year, a portion of these transportation facilities have routine maintenance performed on them, such as repaving and restriping. Here is a list of facilities in the Cove Read more…
Latest aerial drone images (taken Jan 30, 2019) from the Cecil Ashburn expansion, submitted to GrowCove by a neighbor. More project information and footage from the city including blasting footage can be found here: https://www.huntsvilleal.gov/roadworkprojects/cecil-ashburn-boulevard/
911 – What’s your Emergency? Incident response time has been a frequent item of concern among Cove residents since the scope of the Cecil Ashburn corridor project changed to include a full closure of the mountainous route for the next 10-14 months in 2019. Multiple first responders representing multiple agencies Read more…
Thank you to WAFF for your recent news story! When the scope of the Cecil Ashburn project changed after a failed bid process last Spring to include a complete shutdown rather than a partial one that allowed commuters to traverse the mountain daily, we knew we needed to do something Read more…
[Note: this post has been edited with new formatting, and updated information in italics. 11/30/18] The Cecil Ashburn corridor project is a road widening project that includes both Cecil Ashburn Drive and Sutton Road in southeast Huntsville. The project extents are from Donegal Drive to Taylor Road, and the plan Read more…