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City council authorizes TAP and $9M SS4A grant applications for pedestrian and street projects
Summary
Fairhope City Council authorized submission of a $1,286,100 ALOT TAP application (80/20 match) for pedestrian signals at SR 104 & 181 and an FHWA SS4A implementation application for $9 million (80/20 match) to fund multiple corridor and downtown pedestrian improvements.
The Fairhope City Council unanimously authorized two major grant applications intended to fund pedestrian and street safety improvements.
The first resolution authorizes submission of a Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) application for $1,286,100 to install signalized four‑way pedestrian crossings at the intersection of State Roads 104 and 181; the grant requires an 80/20 match. The mayor introduced the resolution and council voted to approve the application.
The second resolution authorizes submission of a Federal Highway Administration Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) implementation application for $9 million to support multiple streets projects along the Fairhope Avenue corridor, including three intersection improvements (Engleside, South Mobile Street and Bishop) and downtown pedestrian projects. That grant also requires an 80/20 match and would obligate roughly $1.8 million in local matching funds if fully awarded. Council members expressed hope the city would secure all available funding, and both motions passed by voice vote.
What’s next: Staff will prepare the grant applications and required match commitments; projects would proceed only if grants are awarded and local matching funds are budgeted.
