A stretch of interstate highway running through downtown Birmingham, Ala., that serves as an important freight route will be closed for about a year for infrastructure improvements.
March 25, 2019alabama
Government, Business, Fuel
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey holds a news conference March 4 after deadly tornadoes hit the state. (Vasha Hunt/AP)
Fuel Tax Hike Coming to Alabama in New Infrastructure Law
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey holds a news conference March 4 after deadly tornadoes hit the state. (Vasha Hunt/AP)
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed into law the Rebuild Alabama Act, which includes a fuel tax increase to support infrastructure projects.
March 13, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
A road in Birmingham, Ala. (Terry McCombs/Flickr)
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey Proposes Fuel Tax Hike for Infrastructure Plan
A road in Birmingham, Ala. (Terry McCombs/Flickr)
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has proposed a 10-cent increase to the state’s fuel tax as part of her Rebuild Alabama Infrastructure Plan to generate money for transportation projects.
March 4, 2019
TCA
Highway interchange near Birmingham, Ala. (Jay Reeves/Associated Press)
Alabama’s Deteriorating Roads Cost Drivers $5.3 billion a Year, Report Says
Highway interchange near Birmingham, Ala. (Jay Reeves/Associated Press)
Alabama’s roads and bridges have deteriorated to such an extent that it costs each resident $5.3 billion a year, according to a report by a nonprofit transportation research organization.
February 25, 2019
Government
Jimmy Emerson, DVM/Flickr
Alabama Senate Committee Proposes Moving Road Funds; Cutting State Agencies
Jimmy Emerson, DVM/Flickr
An Alabama Senate committee voted May 3 to move $63.5 million in road and bridge funds from the General Fund to the Department of Transportation, a move that would cut funding to state agencies.
May 4, 2017
TCA
Alabama State Port Authority
Plan to Enlarge Mobile Ship Channel Raises Environmental Issues
Alabama State Port Authority
A plan is afoot to widen and deepen the Mobile Ship Channel to allow larger ships carrying more cargo to make their way up Mobile Bay.
March 16, 2017
Government
Alabama Won’t Raise Fuel Taxes After All
Less than three weeks after seeming poised to approve a fuel-tax increase for the first time since 1992, Alabama has joined Hawaii, Indiana, Mississippi and West Virginia and did not do so during its legislative session this year.
May 2, 2016
Government
Alabama Legislature Passes Transportation Funding Formula
By near unanimous votes on April 13, Alabama’s Legislature passed a new transportation funding formula.
April 15, 2016
Government
Alabama Fuel Tax Discriminated Against Railroads, Appeals Court Rules
A federal appeals court ruled that Alabama discriminated against freight railroads by making them pay sales taxes on fuel that competing trucking and barge companies were not required to, the Associated Press reported.
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