Mobile Bay Causeway News

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a cease and desist order last week pending a determination by the Alabama Historical Commission for the development of piers at the site of the future Shellbank Landing condominiums. Kim Lea of Lea Diving and Salvage Company said developer Dent Boykin contacted him to determine whether there was a hazard in the water where new boat piers were to be built. The piers will be built in front of the future Shellbank Landing condominiums located at the base of the bluff on Blakeley River in Spanish Fort, near the Mobile Bay Causeway. Lea surveyed the area and found what looked like an existing boat hull, he said. It is now up to the Alabama Historical Commission to determine whether the vessel will be considered historical.