FOLEY, Ala. — The public will soon have another opportunity to weigh in on the extension of Pride Drive in Foley.

Foley City Administrator Mike Thompson said a public-involvement meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, at Foley City Hall to discuss the project with residents.

“It’s an ATRIP project,” he said.

Currently, Pride Drive shoots out of Foley High School, runs alongside Walmart and ends at Alabama Highway 59. But with state funding, the city will expand the road.

“Pride Drive is going to cut across 59 and Juniper and continue south and contour to County Road 20,” he said of the four-lane project. “Part of the road bed is going to be on Beck Road.”

The expansion will additional access to Wolf Bay Lodge, Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fishermen’s Market and the pending Blue Collar Destinations and city’s planned multi-use sports complex. In a previous interview, city officials pointed out that the extension would also enable students to travel home by crossing 59 instead of traveling on it.

In an initial public-involvement meeting between city leaders and members of Parish Lakes subdivision, which sits near the two anticipated facilities, one resident expressed concern that too many trees would be removed in the subdivision to make way for Pride Drive’s expansion. While some present echoed such concerns, others favored the road.

Thompson said following Tuesday’s meeting, the city plans to let the project in the spring.

“Then it will take nine to ten months to build,” he said.