Alabama Announces Highway Safety Grants

Governor Kay Ivey has awarded more than $7.6 million to enhance highway safety in Alabama and reduce the number of reckless drivers on the state’s roads.

The grants provided to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and the state’s traffic safety regions covering all 67 counties will help fund major highway safety campaigns including “Click It or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.”

The funds will also enable law enforcement agencies to increase traffic patrols in areas with high crash rates and other traffic violations.

Locally, $3.15 million to the Franklin County Commission for the North Central and East Central Regional Highway Safety offices including, The two offices serve Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan Counties.