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County staff to apply for forestry bridge grants and rebuild funds; deadlines approaching
Summary
County staff reported pursuing two state grant opportunities — a rural bridge grant tied to logging efficiency and a separate rebuild fund — and asked commissioners for input on candidate bridges and weight-restricted routes.
A county official reported that the Alabama Forestry Commission’s rural bridge grant for logging efficiency and a separate rebuild funding round are both being pursued and have upcoming deadlines. The staff member said the rural bridge grant application is due in March and that it targets weight-restricted bridges and routes used by loggers, while a rebuild funding pot described as $10 million is due in about 20 days, according to the staff speaker.
"This initiative for the, logging efficiency, that that is due March. It's a grant application up to 400,000," the speaker said, and added that she had reached out to landowners, loggers and registered foresters for input. She noted uncertainty about exact matching-fund requirements and said she could not find definitive matching requirements in the materials she had read.
Commissioners and staff discussed candidate bridges from a county weight-restricted map, noting potential side benefits for garbage pickup and school buses if weight limits were raised. Staff asked commissioners for their input and said they would prepare the application materials with estimated costs.
No grant awards or commitments were made at the meeting; staff sought commissioner guidance and said they would return completed applications by the stated deadlines.
