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Alabama’s U.S. Senator Katie Britt, a key member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, has successfully advanced the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. This significant bill allocates more than $80 million to modernize and upgrade critical transportation infrastructure in communities across Alabama, with $50 million personally secured by Senator Britt.
“Since taking office, I’ve promised to work tirelessly on the Appropriations Committee to bring Alabamians’ hard-earned taxpayer dollars back home. This appropriations bill fulfills that promise once again, delivering major wins for needed transportation infrastructure improvements across Alabama – from roads and bridges in rural communities, to regional airports, to inland port infrastructure – that invest strategically and responsibly in our state and our children’s futures. I was proud to secure priorities that empower economic development, improve safety, and grow opportunity in our local communities,” said Senator Britt.
Senator Britt has directly secured $30.1 million to support local road and bridge improvement projects across Alabama. Notably, this includes $20 million in funding to enable the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to improve and widen SR-167 from Pike County to Coffee County. This builds on the $20 million in funding for SR-167 that Senator Britt secured in FY24.
In North Alabama, Senator Britt secured $5.08 million for an inland intermodal container transfer facility (ICTF) in Morgan County. This project aims to facilitate smoother interstate commerce by funding a third ICTF facility in the state to better serve customers in central and northern Alabama. Additionally, she secured funding for public safety firefighting equipment in Henry County and to support ongoing riverbank stabilization and erosion control efforts in Selma.
Other major wins secured by Senator Britt in the FY25 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act include $13 million in critical investments in airports across the state to enhance their infrastructure.
Senator Britt also supported:
$20 million for the National Scenic Byways program. Alabama’s National Scenic Byways include Alabama’s Coastal Connection, Natchez Trace Parkway, Selma to Montgomery March Byway, and Talladega Scenic Drive.
$100 million for the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS), which includes the Birmingham Northern Beltline. Alabama has the most uncompleted miles remaining of any state in the system and is expected to receive approximately $30 million out of the total ADHS appropriation.
The FY 2025 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act now moves to the full Senate for consideration.
