Nuclear Plant Road Press Release

Construction work on Nuclear Plant Road is scheduled to start Wednesday at 8 a.m., weather permitting. This construction will be ongoing and could take several weeks, so motorists should use caution.

Athens Street Department Director Dolph Bradford said work will start on a section of road from U.S. 31 to Drennen Drive. That section will be closed starting Wednesday as workers replace drainage tiles. A detour is being planned through Houston Place Subdivision, but that route is subject to change. Bradford estimates workers will re-open the section by Wednesday afternoon.

As work progresses, other sections of the road will be closed. The Street Department will announce those closures and detours as they occur.

The city and Limestone County Commission received a $1.1 million industrial access grant last year from the Alabama Department of Transportation to make improvements to the road, which is the main route to and from Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. The road has not been paved since the 1970s.

The city and county are each allocating $250,000 toward the project, and part of that money is funding the drainage improvements.

Morell Engineering surveyed the road and is doing the design work for paving and striping. The plan is to bid that part of the project in March.