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the Rebuild Alabama Act will provide
county road maintenance budgets their
first increase in nearly 30 years and help
point counties back in the right direction
toward a recommended 15-year road
resurfacing cycle and 50-year bridge
replacement cycle.
According to an ACCA infrastructure
report released earlier this year — prior
to anticipated Rebuild Alabama funds
— county governments had reached a
114-year road resurfacing cycle and only
had the funding to resurface 738 county
road miles in 2020. Additionally, counties
have 3,915 bridges over the age of 50 and
in need of replacement and, in 2020, were
going to be able to replace less than 34.
County governments are responsible
for maintaining 62% (60,487) of Alabama’s
centerline road miles and more than 54%
(8,661) of our state’s bridges. n
@AlabamaCounties
It takes 15+ hours behind the wheel & 1,000+ miles
to drive from Montgomery to New York City. In
2020, that’s how many miles of road Ala. county
governments plan to improve with the proceeds
of the new fuel taxes being paid by motorists.
#alpolitics
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