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Tuscaloosa City finance committee authorizes application for $22.6M BUILD grant with $4M local match
Summary
The finance committee voted to authorize staff to apply for the 2026 BUILD grant, proposing a $4,000,000 local match (about 15%) alongside an anticipated $22.6 million federal request for a roughly $26.6 million project. Staff said right-of-way could take about 1.5 years and construction about two years.
Tuscaloosa City’s finance committee voted to authorize staff to apply for the 2026 BUILD grant, agreeing to include a proposed $4,000,000 local match intended to strengthen an expected $22.6 million federal request for a transportation project in Councilor Eaton’s district.
City staff presented the project background and financing during the committee meeting. Speaker 3, a city staff member, summarized prior grant activity, saying the city’s 2022 RAISE application was not awarded but received favorable comments from the Alabama Department of Transportation, and that a planned VIP grant cycle was canceled; staff then asked for authorization to submit a BUILD application. “We are asking for a $4,000,000 match,” Speaker 3 said, adding that a local match is not required but would make the application more competitive.
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