ATRIP Grant for US 78 in Avondale

At a glance

The city is applying again for a $2 million Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program grant (no city match) to reconfigure intersections along US 78 in Avondale near the Continental Gin site. The 2025 application was not awarded.

Sources

• YouTube auto-generated captions of the 2026-10-26 - Budget and Finance Committee meeting

Log

2026-10-26 - Budget and Finance Committee

• Committee approved the application. The plan would square up the skewed 3rd, 4th and 5th Avenue South intersections, add a signalized entrance at 5th Avenue and a left-turn phase at 46th Street, and improve fire response from the nearby station. Staff will send the design concept.

2026-10-26 - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

• Recommended approval of the resubmitted application. Due November 13; ALDOT decisions expected late January or February. Cost overages above $2 million would fall to the city. Same item had its own 2026-10-26 - Budget and Finance Committee vote.