MONTGOMERY – A trio of North Alabama road projects will receive state funding, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday. The grants are part of more than $7.6 million in state funding awarded to cities and counties for 26 road and bridge projects across the state.
According to a news release, the grants are the first round of funding made available this year under the Alabama Department of Transportation’s Annual Grant Program created by the Rebuild Alabama Act.
The area projects are:
- Colbert County
Widening and Resurfacing George Wallace Boulevard in Muscle Shoals from
West 6th Street to Avalon Avenue (joint project with city of Tuscumbia)(1.01 miles).
State funds – $350,000 in state funds; local match – $178,858.44; total – $528,858.44 - Cullman County
Widening and resurfacing Mount Carmel Drive in Berlin from U.S. 278 to Cullman County Road 1614/1615, including realignment of the intersection (1,229 lane feet).
State funds – $295,627.25; local match – $90,627.25 local match; total – $386,254.50 - DeKalb County
Resurfacing 17 city streets (8.59 miles) in Fort Payne.
State funds – $350,000; local match – $376,341 local match; total – $726,341.
The Rebuild Alabama Act, overwhelmingly passed by the Legislature and signed by Ivey in 2019, requires ALDOT to establish an annual program setting aside a minimum of $10 million off the top of the state’s share of gas tax revenue for local projects. Additional funding will be awarded later this year.
“Alabama is on the move, and through Rebuild Alabama, we’re laying the foundation for a stronger, safer future,” said Ivey. “Thanks to our sustained investment, a recent national study ranked Alabama as having the second-best roads in the country.
“From resurfacing rural routes in Lamar to widening major highways in Cullman, we’re not just paving roads, we’re paving the way for opportunity.”
Of the awarded projects, cities and counties also contributed more than $5.6 million in local matching funds. All projects are required to move forward within one year of the awarding of funds.
Since the passage of the Rebuild Alabama Act, ALDOT’s Annual Grant Program has awarded more than $63 million in state transportation funding for local projects.
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