BY MICHELLE KEY | PUBLISHER

OPELIKA — Opelika’s City Council approved the fiscal year 2026 Transportation Plan during Tuesday night’s meeting. Expecting to receive an approximate $1.295 million dollars from the Rebuild Alabama Act, Opelika’s Engineering Department has proposed the resurfacing of Gateway Drive and a shared use path from Society Hill Road to Marvyn Parkway. This project is estimated to start October 2025, with 90 calendar days allocated for completion.

Awards Opelika’s Mayor Gary Fuller and the Opelika City Council honored Kole Pagan, a dispatcher with the Opelika Police Department, with an Atta Boy award. Pagan joined OPD in 2018 and was recognized as Dispatcher of the Year in 2022. “Our dispatchers are our lifeline; that’s how we refer to them as patrol officers and dete

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