During a meeting of the Alabama Legislature's Contract Review Committee last week, House Pro-Tem Chris Pringle (R-Mobile) made waves with his criticism of the Ivey administration's West Alabama Corridor project, which, if completed, would make a long-envisioned four-lane route between Mobile and Tuscaloosa a reality.

Critics have panned the project for the Ivey administration's unwillingness to explore a federal matching component for the project.

Pringle predicted that the next governor would ultimately shut down the project.

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During his weekly appearance on Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show," State Sen. Chris Elliott (R-Josephine) echoed those concerns.

He also st

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