Effective immediately, the Baldwin County Highway Department will be restricting the weight limit of the Scenic 98 bridge adjacent to the Grand Hotel Resort & Spa to 20 tons. The new weight restriction will still allow use by passenger vehicles, school buses, and small box trucks, but will restrict use by larger vehicles such as 18-wheelers, dump trucks, concrete trucks, and other heavy vehicles. Larger vehicles that need access to Scenic 98 south of the bridge can do so via Section Street and/or US Highway 98 to County Road 32 west.

The Baldwin County Commission adopted Resolution #2024-076 in support of the Alabama Constitutional Amendment 1, which will be on the ballot during the 2024 Primary Election on March 5th.

The Baldwin County Commission’s Department of Council on Aging had a busy, yet successful Medicare Open Enrollment season which lasted from October 15, 2023, through December 7, 2023. During this time, the Council on Aging reported a 28% increase in clients with savings and a 95% increase in the amount of savings when compared to the 2022 Medicare Open Enrollment numbers.

Due to the growth in Baldwin County and the effect it has had on many of the County’s existing polling locations, the Baldwin County Commission adopted Resolution #2024-020 in November 2023, which approved various changes to County polling locations ahead of the 2024 state-wide elections.

Beginning on, or around Friday, January 22, 2024, the United States Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services (USDA - WS) will begin the distribution of approximately 218,820 coated sachet baits containing RABORAL V-RG® oral rabies vaccine (ORV) across a 1,599 square-mile bait zone in Southwest Alabama, targeting raccoons and other wildlife.

The Baldwin County Commission has been awarded a Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Grant by the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to construct a new freestanding pedestrian bridge on the Eastern Shore Trail near the Grand Hotel in Point Clear.

PH & J Architects, Inc., presented updates and designs on several projects they’ve been diligently working on with the Baldwin County Commission at the December 19th Regular Meeting.

The Baldwin County Commission in Regular Session on December 19, 2023, adopted a resolution to allocate funding to the Baldwin County Public Schools in the amount of $5,000,000 with $1,000,000 to be distributed annually for Fiscal Years 2024 through 2028. The funding is dedicated as a contribution for the construction costs of the Baldwin Preparatory Academy.

The Baldwin County Commission and the City of Fairhope proudly announce the opening of the Eastern Shore’s newest roundabout located at the intersection of County Road 13 and Twin Beech Road.

The Baldwin County Environmental Advisory Committee is 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦, and will be making recommendations to the Baldwin County Commission for the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀.