MONTGOMERY, AL. — More than $3.8 million in state funding has been awarded for 13 road improvement projects across Alabama as part of the final 2026 round of the Rebuild Alabama Annual Grant Program, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday.
The grants, administered through the Alabama Department of Transportation, will support resurfacing, widening and other roadway improvements in communities across the state. Local governments are contributing more than $1.3 million in matching funds, bringing the combined investment for the 13 projects to approximately $5.2 million.
The latest awards include projects in Baldwin, Colbert, Etowah, Geneva, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lowndes, Marshall, Tallapoosa and Walker counties.
Among the projects receiving funding are $350,000 for resurfacing County Road 13 in Fairhope; $350,000 for several streets in Sheffield; $350,000 for road improvements in Attalla; and $311,524.27 for widening and resurfacing Lamberth Road in Alexander City.
Other awards include road projects in Perdido Beach, Malvern, Brighton, Lipscomb and Benton, as well as county road projects in Hale, Jackson, Marshall and Walker counties.
According to the governor’s office, the latest awards represent the third and final round of Annual Grant Program funding for the 2026 fiscal year. Two earlier rounds awarded more than $11 million, bringing total state funding through the program to $15 million for the fiscal year.
The Annual Grant Program was established under the Rebuild Alabama Act, which was approved by the Alabama Legislature and signed into law in 2019. The law requires ALDOT to set aside at least $10 million annually from the state’s share of gas tax revenue for local transportation projects. ALDOT currently allocates $15 million annually to the program.
“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. “Through Rebuild Alabama, we are putting dollars where rubber meets the road and delivering real results in all 67 counties.”
Projects receiving funding through the latest round are required to move forward within one year of the awards.
Since the Rebuild Alabama Act was enacted, ALDOT’s Annual Grant Program has awarded more than $85.7 million in state transportation funding for local projects.
Additional information about the Rebuild Alabama Annual Grant Program is available through the Alabama Department of Transportation.
