What is up in Mobile?

Clear cutting is par for the course in Alabama. This large plot of land next to Walmart in Tillman's Corner has been cleared either to make it more sellable or it is being prepared for some sort of development.

Of no surprise, the illegal trash dump at the end of the Rangeline Service Road next to Walmart continues to be ignored year after year...that is Ugly.

Trash in the ditch along Rangeline Road (State Road) is ignored as well as weeds that partially hide the fire hydrant. Alabama has money problems and it apparently cannot afford to maintain its infrastructure.

Erosion on this Gilliard Road roadside has covered part of the sidewalk in sand so thick bicycles will crash trying to ride across it.

Speaking of erosion, Municipal Park Lakes are filling up with dirt that erodes from park shorelines and from upstream erosion from Tewlve Mile Creek. Shoreline erosion is one of the consequences of the City of Mobile regularly killing the shoreline weeds around the Lakes.

Uncontrolled Municipal Park erosion can clearly be seen in the above photo filling in the lake with dirt. It will cost taxpayers dearly to repair the erosion damage by dredging the lakes and Three Mile Creek. If Municipal Park was a construction site the Park Owner (City) could be fined for polluting the environment due to lack of erosion controls. As the waterways fill with dirt, rain water levels will rise possibly causing more severe flooding in heavy rains.

Eroded dirt is so high against this unmaintained silt fence on College Street construction site that dirt overtops the silt fence and is free to erode into the drainage gutter. Obviously the State and City rules and regulations and required construction site monitoring are falling short of controlling erosion into area waterways.

Hell, City leaders cannot even control where one time use disposable recyclable trash ends up. Humans are stupid for filling their waterways with dirt and trash. It does not take a scientist to understand that everything that goes into the water displaces water causing the water level to rise. Think worse flooding in the future.

Speaking of stupidity, even though the American Disibility Act has been in force for over 25 years, they are still building sidewalks with wheelchair unfriendly 6 inch curb drops at intersections in Mobile.