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Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL (WALA) — Alabama transportation officials are looking for people who want to help build the new Mobile River Bridge.
People interested in filling a number of positions attended a forum in Montgomery Wednesday to find out what type of positions are available and how to apply with the three vying for the project.
Gregory Morris with GBM3 in Mobile provides erosion control and landscaping services.
When asked what interested him about the project, Morris said, “The magnitude of it. And, then, I’m looking at longevity and a future foundation for my grandkids.”
About 60 people attended the forum for people in the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program.
Leo Malone with the Alabama Department of Transportation said, “It requires you to be a minority or a female, and it gives you opportunities in reference to goals set up for projects to perform work.”
Allison Woodson with Coastal Environmental and Erosion Control is also hoping to get work for her business.
Woodson said, “We’re in Spanish Fort, right close to home. We’re very excited about it. It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity.”
Transportation officials hope to pick the group that will build the bridge project late next year.
Construction on the bridge is expected to begin in 2020 with completion in 2025.
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