Nichols Named Public Information Officer For Mobile Bridge Project

The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has hired Claudia Nichols as a public information officer for the Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project, expanding the communications team as the project moves into full construction, Mobile Today reports. Nichols joins ALDOT’s Communications Bureau and will work as part of the communications team led by Chief of Communications and Government Relations Tony Harris. Based in Mobile, Nichols will serve as a frontline media contact and work on media relations, public information, stakeholder outreach and day-to-day project communications throughout construction. Nichols brings a background in TV news and spent much of her early career covering Baldwin and Mobile counties as a reporter for FOX10 News. She will work closely with ALDOT’s Communications Bureau, Southwest Region and the Mobile River Bridge project team supporting the project.