Why new I‑10 toll plan for Mobile isn’t facing the same uproar that derailed 2019 effort

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Alabama Auditor Jim Zeigler (left) converses with Lou Campomenosi (right) ahead of a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. Campomenosi served as the evening's moderator. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

A public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party was held on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

A public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party was held on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

Lou Campomenosi speaks during a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. Campomenosi served as the evening's moderator. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

Alec Thigpen of Spanish Fort speaks during a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

A public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party was held on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

Daphne Mayor Dane Haygood speaks during a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

Ruth Guess of Daphne speaks during a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

A public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party was held on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

Sam Bolling speaks during a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

Republican state Sens. Greg Albritton (left) and Chris Elliott (right) listen in during a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

A public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party was held on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

An overflow crowd attends a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

Andre Provost of Mobile speaks during a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

Businessman Kevin Spriggs speaks during a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

Aaron Rubel of Daphne speaks during a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

A public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party was held on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The hearing focused on the $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and the state's proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

State Sen. David Sessions, R-Grand Bay, speaks during a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The meeting focused on the state's proposed $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and its proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

State Sen. Greg Albritton, R-Range, speaks during a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The meeting focused on the state's proposed $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and its proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

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A public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party was held on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The meeting focused on the state's proposed $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and its proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

State Sen. Chris Elliott, R-Daphne, speaks during a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The meeting focused on the state's proposed $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and its proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

Senator Chris Elliott, Rep. Margie Wilcox, Rep. Chris Pringle, and Rep. Matt Simpson. The meeting focused on the state's proposed $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and its proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

Daphne Mayor Dane Haygood (left) and state Sen. David Sessions (right) listen as Alabama Auditor Jim Zeigler speaks during a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The meeting focused on the state's proposed $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and its proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

Alabama Auditor Jim Zeigler speaks during a public hearing hosted by the Common Sense Campaign tea party on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, at the Five Rivers Delta Resource Center in Spanish Fort, Ala. The meeting focused on the state's proposed $2.1 billion Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project and its proposed toll plan to help finance it. (John Sharp/jsharp@al.com).

Seven years ago this month, the Alabama Department of Transportation unveiled a toll plan to support construction of a new Interstate 10 Bridge and Bayway.

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