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Lawmakers spar over Highway 43 financing and Northern Belt Line contracts

Joint Interim Committees · January 9, 2026
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ALDOT presented statewide engineering and geotechnical contracts and members debated financing for the West Alabama Highway/Highway 43 and the Birmingham Northern Belt Line; one member called the state's financing strategy for the corridor costly and urged better federal matching.

Matt Leverett of the Alabama Department of Transportation presented multiple on-call architectural and engineering contracts, supplements for transportation support services and geotechnical work for the Birmingham Northern Belt Line. Representative (speaker '3') pressed ALDOT on the West Alabama Highway project, saying state financing and bond costs will total…

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