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Governor announces $1.5 million for local road, bridge projects

Gov. Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Transportation on Wednesday announced $1.5 million in state funding being awarded to cities and counties for various local road and bridge projects. The funding comes in the final award cycle during the inaugural year of the Annual Grant Program, a new program created under the Rebuild Alabama … Continued
September 10, 2020

Shelby applauds the agreement on the Mobile Harbor Project

U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby on Wednesday praised the announcement that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, and the Alabama State Port Authority have officially entered into a Project Partnership Agreement to deepen and widen the Mobile Harbor Ship Channel by late 2024 or early 2025. The agreement was signed today by Colonel Sebastien … Continued
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June 18, 2020

Ivey announces McFarland Boulevard expansion in Tuscaloosa

Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday that the Alabama Department of Transportation is purchasing the right of way for the expansion of McFarland Boulevard in Tuscaloosa from State Route 69 to Rice Mine Road, as part of the Rebuild Alabama First Year Plan 2020. “Enhancing this particular section of US 82 will provide safer and more … Continued
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April 23, 2019

Reaction to passage of Rebuild Alabama Act

Tuesday, the Alabama Senate passed Governor Kay Ivey’s (R) plan to raise fuel taxes to pay for significant increases in road projects and to improve the Port of Mobile. Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh, R-Anniston, supported the Senate’s approval of the Rebuild Alabama Act. “Over the last ten years we have seen unprecedented growth … Continued
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March 13, 2019
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Ivey is winning for the people of Alabama and their future

When the votes were tallied on the Rebuild Alabama Act last Friday, Gov. Kay Ivey notched her first big victory. Many individuals deserved credit for the bill’s passage, but without Ivey’s determined and focused leadership, the effort would have failed. “Gov. Ivey accomplished more in one week than Gov. Bentley accomplished in seven years,” remarked … Continued
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March 11, 2019
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Yes, we can

“We have to quit saying ‘We can’t do this,'” is how one senior lawmaker summarized the fight over Gov. Kay Ivey’s infrastructure plan. “I’d rather make a wrong choice in moving the state forward than make no choice and hold the state back from achieving real success,” is how a second legislator addressed the infrastructure … Continued
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March 7, 2019