AASHTO Journal - Alabama Issues $40M to Local Transportation Projects

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) (above) recently issued more than $40 million in state transportation funding to cities and counties statewide to support various local-level road and bridge projects.

[Above photo by Alabama DOT]

That funding is made available through the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program-II or “ATRIP-II,” a program created in 2019 by the Rebuild Alabama Act; an annual program that requires the Alabama Department of Transportation to set aside at least $30 million of the share of new gas tax revenue for projects of local interest on the state highway system.

The Alabama DOT said 24 projects received funding from this round of ATRIP-II disbursements. Of those awarded projects, 13 were from cities and counties putting forward more than $16 million in local funds; however, under the ATRIP-II program, there is no requirement that local governments put up matching funds to be eligible.

The state has now awarded more than $221.3 million in state transportation funds under ATRIP-II since the program’s creation in 2019, the governor said.

“I am proud of the hard work we have put in throughout my Administration to Rebuild Alabama,” she noted in a statement. “Rebuild Alabama has helped make us stronger as we have broken ground on hundreds of road and bridge projects all across the state. We have projects improving Alabama in all 67 counties, but our job is not finished, and we are not slowing down now.”

State departments of transportation across the country provided many forms of support – fiscal and otherwise – for local infrastructure projects.

For example, in November 2024 the Massachusetts Department of Transportation awarded more than $4.5 million to 11 municipalities as part of the first round of fiscal year 2025 grants via its Complete Streets Funding Program.

The agency said that those grants will fund local multimodal infrastructure projects that improve travel for pedestrians, public transit users, bicyclists and people using other forms of transportation.

Also in November 2024, the Ohio Department of Transportation issued $63 million to 19 projects aimed at improving roadway safety at the local level across 14 counties, along with more than $12 million to help fix or replace several local bridges. The agency also issued $9 million to support local bridge modernization and bridge programs.