Milton Jones Road Project Tracking Under Budget; Daphne Eyes Street-Widening Expansion

A road project tying together key Daphne corridors is nearing completion ahead of budget, and city and county officials want to channel any leftover funds into widening and resurfacing work on additional nearby streets. That proposal will come before the Daphne Public Works Committee when it meets Monday, July 6, 2026, at 5:15 p.m. at Daphne City Hall.

The committee will consider an amendment to an Intergovernmental Roadway Construction Agreement, or IRCA, that the City of Daphne and the Baldwin County Commission entered into with an effective date of Nov. 21, 2023. The original agreement funded a roundabout and related improvements to connect County Road 13, beginning at or near its intersection with Milton Jones Road and extending westward approximately 2,640 linear feet — roughly half a mile — to Friendship Road, ending at or near its intersection with Jonesboro Road.

The funding was split between the two governments. Daphne committed $500,000 toward the project, and the county agreed to contribute up to $2,800,000, placing the combined budget at up to $3.3 million. The city also agreed to cover costs exceeding those combined contributions by up to an additional $200,000 if needed.

Amendment to the Baldwin County–Daphne Intergovernmental Roadway Construction Agreement, recitals page — Jul 6 meeting packet.

The roundabout is one piece of a broader effort to build out Milton Jones Road as an east-west corridor between Alabama Highway 181 and the Pollard Road area — a route Daphne Mayor Robin LeJeune has publicly described as a lower-cost alternative to widening the heavily traveled County Road 64. The County Road 13 intersection closed in early May and had been expected to remain shut through the end of August, with the summer window chosen to overlap with the school break and limit traffic disruption, according to prior reporting by regional outlets.

According to the amendment text included in the July 6 meeting packet, the project is now nearing completion and currently tracking to finish under that approved budget. With the original scope nearly wrapped up, Daphne has requested that any money remaining within the existing budget be put toward nearby improvements rather than left unspent.

If the committee recommends approval and the amendment is executed, any funds remaining after the original CR 13 work is paid for could be used to widen and resurface portions of existing Milton Jones Road, Jonesboro Road and Pollard Road. The amendment would expand the project's geographic footprint eastward to Alabama Highway 181 and westward to Daphne Avenue.

The language includes a firm guardrail: no additional work may begin unless enough money remains in the project budget after every cost tied to the original roundabout scope is accounted for, and nothing in the amendment would obligate Daphne to contribute funds beyond what the original IRCA already requires.

IRCA amendment terms redirecting project savings to widen Milton Jones, Jonesboro and Pollard roads — Jul 6 meeting packet.

Should the committee advance the measure, it would require signatures from Mayor Robin LeJeune and City Clerk Cindy Beaudreau on Daphne's behalf, and from Baldwin County Commission Chairman James E. Ball and County Administrator Roger H. Rendleman on the county's side, with both sets of signatures to be notarized. The original IRCA allows the agreement to be modified through a written instrument signed by duly authorized representatives of both parties.

The Public Works Committee is chaired by Councilman Joel Coleman and includes Councilwomen Tommie Conaway, Jennifer Green and Stephanie Messinger, along with Councilmen Oliver Roberts, Steve Olen and Benjamin Hughes, and Mayor LeJeune.

The committee's next scheduled meeting after Monday, July 6, 2026, is set for Monday, Aug. 3, 2026.