Tag: Infrastructure
Woodfin: Birmingham Must Move Beyond ‘Perpetual Promise’ and Plan for Generational Growth
Headed toward his inauguration Tuesday for a third term, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin sat down with BirminghamWatch for a broad conversation touching on infrastructure, tourism, crime and more issues.
Birmingham Council Approves Emergency Bids for Weed Cutting After Heavy Rains
The city is catching up after unusually heavy rainfall this summer hampered work to cut overgrowth on nuisance properties.
Birmingham Council OKs $12.7M in Street Repaving
The council accepted three bids from Dunn Construction Co.
You Can Ring My Bell: Commission President Completes Cancer Treatment
Jimmie Stephens opened Tuesday’s County Commission meeting by saying he had finished his last radiation treatment for carcinoma that had spread to his lymph nodes.
Stephens, Scales Talk About Filling Voids Left From Demolished Structures
It’s not enough to tear down dilapidated structures, it matters what goes in their place, commissioners said.
Another Week, Another Joe Knight Question About Federal Dollars
Knight sought assurance Tuesday that federal funding would not get cut before moving forward with a program to synchronize traffic lights.
Sewell Kicks Off Tour Promoting Benefits of the Infrastructure Act
U.S. Terri Sewell, D-Selma, visited Birmingham on Friday to tout improvements coming to the state and region under the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The act will fund not only road and bridge work in the state, but it also will pay to provide broadband service statewide and improve water infrastructure in areas where residents do not have access to clean drinking water, according to a press release issued by her office. Read more.
New Law to Infuse Billions for Alabama Infrastructure
Alabama could get more than $6.8 billion in road and transportation funding in the recently approved $1.2 trillion Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act.
While broad outlines of how that money will be allocated are available, more federal direction is needed before specific projects are identified.
“We’re still waiting on the federal guidance on what exactly we can do with this money,” Tom Layfield, executive director of the Alabama Road Builders Association, told Alabama Daily News.
To see approximately what Alabama should expect from the infrastructure law over five years, read more.
HUD Secretary Touts ‘Millions and Millions of Dollars’ Coming to Birmingham for Infrastructure
One day after the Senate passed a $1 billion infrastructure bill, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge visited Birmingham Wednesday. Read more.
