By Marla Jones

Managing Editor

marla@southerntorch.com

RAINSVILLE, Ala.-- A groundbreaking was held on Tuesday, May 10, for an expansion on Highway 75 in Rainsville. 

According to the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), a turn-line will be added for the safety of Cornerstone Christian Academy School and the Northeast Alabama Agribusiness Center. 

Cornerstone Christian Academy, a K-12 school system along with the Northeast Alabama Agribusiness Center has experienced problems with the traffic flow on a daily basis. 

Alabama House of Representatives Majority Leader Nathaniel Ledbetter plans to seek additional funding to increase the expansion of a three-lane that will run to Dilbeck Road in Rainsville.  Numerous businesses use the road for commercial traffic and the added turn lane would be a useful addition for traffic flow and safety. 

Surveys have been made for the addition but a timeframe for when the work will begin is unknown.