Baldwin County was recently awarded a 5-million-dollar grant through ALDOT to make highway improvements in front of the Novelis aluminum plant in Bay Minette.
The grant made up nearly half of the state’s total funding allotment from the Alabama Industrial Access Road and Bridge Corporation and will go a long way in helping Baldwin County meet its commitment to Novelis.
“Ingress-egress lanes, additional capacity and additional signals to help traffic flow in and out of the plant site but also safety for those on 287,” explained president of the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance, Lee Lawson. “We’re still getting eight-million visitors a year to the white, sandy beaches, so a lot of traffic flows through that artery.”
“This money will definitely help with that and any expenditures that we have had in the budget, now that we can add five-million-dollars back to something, will be great for the citizens of Baldwin County,” said District 1 Commissioner for Baldwin County, Jeb Ball.
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