The City of Fultondale formally adopted a resolution on Monday to ask their state representative, Allen Treadaway and state senator, Shay Shelnutt, to petition to assist the city in their efforts to get traffic lights at the intersections of I-65 and Walker Chapel Road.

Mayor Jim Lowery said the issue has been coming up since the 1980s but no resolution has been implemented because the city has been unable to get approval from the Alabama Department of Transportation to put a light at the intersection.

Fultondale Police Chief D.P. Smith said his department works multiple wrecks at the intersections each week, many with what he called “serious” injuries. However, according to Lowery and Smith, the DOT will not grant approval because there have not been any fatalities.

Lowery called it a “very dangerous situation” and said he did not want to wait until there was a fatality to take action. They are hoping the DOT will consider making an exception to the fatality rule.

When reached by phone, Treadaway said he was concerned about the danger of the intersection and would do everything in his power to ensure the DOT looked closely at the situation.

In other business, the council:

•Passed a resolution to thank Pine Hills Farms for supporting the city by donating a Christmas tree for the city’s tree lighting ceremony.

•Approved an ordinance to authorize the issuance of a $4,380,000 general obligation warrant to refinance a variable rate warrant from 2011. The original plan was to roll over the variable-rate plan from Iberia Bank, but the city qualified for a low fixed-rate plan with Iberia so they opted to switch to the new 2.75 percent interest rate. The original amount was used to build the library, tennis courts, fire station and to complete some road work.