FOLEY, Ala. - Additional improvements to two major intersections in Foley could be on the way.

The Foley City Council voted Monday to approve Volkert's work order in the amount of $30,800 for the engineering design of improvements at the Alabama Highway 59 and U.S. Highway 98 intersection and the U.S. 98 and Alston Street intersection.

All council members voted to approve the motion except for Councilman Wayne Trawick, who abstained, and Councilwoman Vera Quaites, who was not in attendance.

City engineer Butch Stokes told the council during the work session that he, Volkert and the Alabama Department of Transportation had a meeting about the intersections.

"We talked about what we could get and what we could do," Stokes said.

According to Stokes, the two intersections have taken a beating from trucks and trailers cutting across and breaking up the sidewalks. The proposed plan is to replace the "radius" for each intersection, Stokes said.

The council unanimously voted April 18 to approve an ordinance banning trucks with more than four axles from turning in any direction at the Alabama 59 and U.S. 98 intersection in downtown Foley. The reason for the ordinance was to keep larger vehicles from damaging the sidewalks and curbs.

However, the ordinance does not stop all vehicles from making a turn due to some vehicles having fewer than four axles and any other way to regulate a vehicle-turn restriction would be tough, Stokes said.

"A long recreational vehicle could make a sharp turn and clip the curb," Stokes said.

Stokes said the next step is for the engineering designs to be completed and then the city would bid out the projects.