Bradford Health Services has filed a formal challenge to Longleaf Recovery & Wellness’s Certificate of Need application for Longleaf Lodge, a 60-bed residential addiction treatment campus proposed for the Sunshine Farms site in Sterrett, located in Shelby County.

The CON Review Board is set to hear the case October 15.

The filing marks Bradford’s second attempt this year to halt the project.

In March, the Statewide Health Coordinating Council approved, and Governor Kay Ivey signed, a state plan adjustment authorizing 60 new substance-use treatment beds in Shelby County.

Letters of support for Longleaf’s proposed project have been submitted by Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth, Alabama Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville), Alabama Department of Mental Health Commissioner Ki

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