The residents and drivers of Enterprise, Alabama, support improving safety on US-84 / Boll Weevil Circle. However, we are deeply concerned about ALDOT’s current proposed design using Reduced Conflict Intersections (RCIs) with short, yield-controlled U-turns.

We are calling on ALDOT to:

Commission an independent traffic study (not conducted solely by ALDOT or its contractors) to accurately model peak-hour conditions and evaluate the real-world impact of the proposed RCIs. Results of the study publicly shared and a renewed public comment period after the results are published.

This section of Boll Weevil Circle is already one of the busiest commercial corridors in the region, with extremely dense traffic — especially during peak hours, weekends, and holiday shopping. The proposed “right-then-U-turn” design at uncontrolled median openings will likely create major bottlenecks. Many drivers will sit and wait for large gaps that rarely appear, blocking lanes and increasing rear-end crash risks. The mainline is already near capacity, and short U-turn storage will only make congestion worse.

We urge ALDOT to prioritize improving traffic capacity before or alongside any RCI implementation. This could include widening the mainline to a consistent 6-lane divided highway where feasible, significantly upgrading and connecting the parallel service/frontage roads so local traffic can stay off the main highway, installing signalized U-turns at high-volume locations, and providing much longer U-turn storage lanes.

Safety and capacity must go hand in hand. Implementing RCIs on an already overloaded corridor without first addressing capacity risks turning a safety project into a daily traffic nightmare for Enterprise residents and businesses.

Please sign this petition to demand that ALDOT listen to the community and take a smarter, more balanced approach.