Advance Auto Parts, a major provider of automotive aftermarket parts, is collaborating with the Gulf Shores Police Department (GSPD) to enhance roadway safety. The initiative, named "Advancing Our Roads," was unveiled today at 11am, during the grand opening of the new Advance store located at 3808 Gulf Shores Parkway.

The support of Alabama coastal residents is needed to raise awareness and educate our visitors to Keep Light’s Out for turtles. The sea turtle nesting season is May through October. Nesting occurs on the beaches from Fort Morgan to the Florida Panhandle. From May to mid-August, loggerheads and other turtles can come ashore to deposit up to 120 eggs in a nest cavity in the dry sand dune system. Approximately sixty days later, the hatchlings emerge from the nest at night and head to the gulf. Nests hatch from July through the end of October. During the nesting season, turtles may be disoriented by artificial lights. A disorientation event occurs when artificial light from man-made sources leads turtles away from the gulf waters. People on or near the beach carrying flashlights or lanterns, bonfires, and landscape lighting can disorient turtle hatchlings.