On Thursday, January 30, 2025, Governor Kay Ivey announced that more than $40 million from the state Transporation fund is being awarded across Alabama to rebuild roads and bridges.
“I am proud of the hard work we have put in throughout my Administration to Rebuild Alabama. Rebuild Alabama has helped make us stronger as we have broken ground on hundreds of road and bridge projects all across the state,” said Governor Ivey. “We have projects improving Alabama in all 67 counties, but our job is not finished, and we are not slowing down now!”
In 2024 Geneva County received these same funds to fix the roundabout at the intersection of SR-52, SR-153, and CR-5. The project cost $1,884,300. This year, two areas in Houston County will receive some of these funds. In Dothan, Intersection improvements at US-84 and Flowers Chapel Road, including new connector road and roundabout. This is expected to cost about $5,859,104. In Abbeville, there will be Intersection improvements at US-84, SR-12, and Broadway Street. This is expected to cost $2,000,000.
The funding for these projects comes from the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program-II (ATRIP-II), established in 2019 through the Rebuild Alabama Act. This act mandates that ATRIP-II allocate at least $30 million annually from the state’s new gas tax revenue for local projects on the state highway system.A total of 24 projects have been selected to receive funding, amounting to over $40 million in state transportation funds. Among these, 13 projects come from cities and counties that are contributing more than $16 million in local funds. However, the ATRIP-II program does not require local governments to provide matching funds to qualify for the program. Since its inception in 2019, the state has awarded more than $221.3 million in transportation funding through ATRIP-II.
The ATRIP-II Committee, created by the Rebuild Alabama Act, is responsible for selecting the projects. It is expected that several of these projects will be under contract during the 2025 fiscal year, with all projects required to begin within two years of receiving funding.
For more details on the ATRIP-II program, click here
