The dispute between Senator Chris Elliott and Rep. Chris England focused on the fate of the West Alabama Highway corridor, which is backed by the Ivey administration but has its critics.
Elliott claimed his concerns are with the lack of financial details on a project he worries could be much more expensive than ALDOT initially claimed. England said the project was being held up because it predominately runs through Alabama’s Black Belt region – a rural, mostly poor area of the state with a sizable population that is Black.
Elliott said his position is not about arguing the validity of the overall West Alabama Highway corridor. He said his concerns were mostly with the state’s financial strategy of borrowing against future fuel tax revenues to pay for it. And Elliott said he is also concerned there are no new cost estimates for the overall project that includes adding two additional lands from Thomasville north to Linden on U.S. 43 and going further northward to Moundville on Alabama State Route 69.
“Any further delay is a reason down the road to say, ‘we can’t do it because it will cost more,’” said England. “It may be $1 billion, it may be $1.1 billion,” McBrien said, acknowledging the project’s estimate one year ago was around $800 million. “We won’t know until we get into the actual design. You look at each segment and negotiate a price. If this thing gets out of hand , we are not locked in.”
could elevate it above other transportation projects that some lawmakers believe should be a great priority. Elliott and Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth are advocating for additional lanes along Interstate 65 from the Tennessee Valley south to the Mobile area.
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