Gov. Ivey keeps Rebuild Alabama momentum moving with $3.8 million for road projects
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Alexander City project included among grant awardees
By Christa Jennings
Senior Staff Writer
In a press release on Wednesday, Gov. Kay Ivey announced more than $3.8 million in state funding is being awarded to cities and counties for 13 road projects across the state, highlighting “her ongoing commitment to enhancing Alabama’s infrastructure,” according to the release.
With only 13 projects being included in this round of funding, none of the road projects are within any of Coosa County’s three municipalities or for the county itself.
However, in neighboring Tallapoosa County, grant funds were made available for a road project in Alexander City.
The Alexander City project includes widening and resurfacing Lamberth Road from Elkahatchee Road to Alabama Highway 63. The 1.12-mile project will receive $311,524.27 in state funds and $61,524.26 in local funds, for a total of $373,048.53 for the project.
The 12 other projects that were awarded funding are in the cities of Fairhope and Perdido Beach in Baldwin County, Sheffield in Colbert County, Attalla in Etowah County, Malvern in Geneva County, Brighton and Lipscomb in Jefferson County, and Benton in Lowndes County; and in Hale, Jackson, Marshall, and Walker counties for county projects.
In total, the 13 projects include $3,894,011.67 in state funds and $1,321,002.46; or $1.3 million; in local funds, making a combined total of $5,215,014.13 in project funding for round three of the 2026 Rebuild Alabama Annual Grant awarded projects.
The grants are the final round of funding that is made available this year under the Alabama Department of Transportation’s Annual Grant Program, which was created by the Rebuild Alabama Act.
Two previous rounds earlier this year awarded more than $11 million in additional state funding, bringing the grand total to $15 million for the 2026 fiscal year.
The Rebuild Alabama Act, passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. 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. ALDOT currently sets the Annual Grant program at $15 million per year.
“Good roads make for more jobs, smoother travel and happier Alabamians. That is why improving our infrastructure has remained a top priority of my administration,” Ivey said in a prepared statement. “Through Rebuild Alabama, we are putting dollars where rubber meets the road and delivering real results in all 67 counties. Long after the construction crews pack up, these investments will keep Alabama rolling, moving and growing for generations to come.”
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 $85.7 million in state transportation funding for local projects.
Coosa County and the Town of Rockford previously received funding through the program for road projects in 2021, 2023 and 2024.
Those included a 2.67-mile project in 2021 for resurfacing County Road 40 from County Road 18 to Alabama Highway 22, a 0.23-mile project in the Town of Rockford in 2023 for the reconstruction of Jackson and School streets and a 4.52-mile project in 2024 for the full depth reclamation on County Road 63 from Alabama Highway 9 to Highway 22.
To learn more about the Annual Grant Program visit the program’s dedicated website at www.dot.state.al.us/programs/RAAGrantProgram.html.
