HUNTSVILLE — Madison County Commission Chairman Mac McCutcheon delivered some welcome news about the county’s roads during his State of the County address Wednesday.
Speaking at the Von Braun Civic Center, McCutcheon detailed the progress being made to improve transportation infrastructure across every district in the county.
“We’ve got a lot of work to do when it comes to our federal and state roads and we’re still working on that,” said McCutcheon. “We’re not where we should be. But from a county perspective, I do want to brag just a little bit today because we are making some significant advancements on our county roads.
“You heard the commissioners talking about the accumulated road miles that they have in each of their districts. This is a lot of miles that we have to maintain. And these are county roads that we do.”
McCutcheon explained that the county put a 10-year road plan in place last year, but carrying it out will not be cheap.
“To implement that plan, we needed dollars through some financial planning, through our finance department,” he said. “We have planned and managed well. We have invested an additional $10 million in transportation funds since last year. I am excited to announce that we have been very aggressive in allocating $103 million to move this plan forward in the 2025 year. That’s where we’re headed.”
He noted that out of 29 road projects in the 10-year plan, 14 have been completed.
“Almost 50% of those projects have been completed,” McCutcheon said. “14 out of the 29 have been completed as of today at a cost of $17.1 million. We are actively working on 22 projects which are totaling $96 million. New additions added to the plan will include repaving projects totaling $7 million.”
According to McCutcheon, the transportation plan is the most “productive” and “aggressive” ever undertaken by the county.
“Now stop and think about this. Here we are in Madison County,” he said. “The work we’re doing as we look into the 2025 year, we will be involved in the most productive, in the most aggressive transportation plan Madison County has ever undertaken. And I just can’t emphasize this enough.
“Am I bragging? You better believe I’m bragging because we’re coming a long way and we’re trying to meet the needs that we have.”
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