MADISON COUNTY, ALABAMA, Ala — Alabama Governor Kay Ivey and the Alabama Department of Transportation have announced more than $45 million in funding for various road and bridge projects across the state.
The governor's office said the funding has been made available through the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program-II, which was created under the Rebuild Alabama Act.
Several North Alabama projects will receive funding through this program, including the following:
- Jackson County/Scottsboro
- Adding offset left-turn lanes to SR-2 at the intersection of County Park Road as well as access management modifications and extending two existing access roads.
- Madison County
- Adding north and southbound left-turn lanes and traffic signals on SR-53 at the intersections of Harvest Road, McKee Road and Old Railroad Bed Road.
- Marshall County/Boaz
- Reducing SR-168 from four lanes to three lanes from US-431 to Darnell Street, including access management upgrades and a traffic signal at the proposed outlet connector road.
- Marshall County/Arab
- Upgrading seven existing traffic signals on US-231 within the city limits to correct deficiencies and bring them up to current design standards, including increasing signal height, upgrading poles and signal heads and adding emergency vehicle preemption.
- Morgan County/Hartselle
- Access management improvements on USS-31 from Curry Street to Sparkman Street, including modifications to the existing median to add left-turn lanes and deceleration lanes.
You can read the full list of projects funded by the ATRIP-II program below:
