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Grant Awarded For $1 Million Traffic Light At Walmart In Atmore
January 25, 2026
A state grant has been awarded for a traffic signal on Highway 21 at Walmart in Atmore.
The ATRIP-II grant for $914,000 will require a $113,400 local match for a project total of $1,027,400 for the light at 911 North Main Street, which is state Highway 21.
“Since 2019, Alabama generated more than $2 billion, paving the way for 500 vital road and bridge projects in all 67 counties. None of these projects would have happened without the passage of Rebuild Alabama,” said Gov. Kay Ivey during her State of the State address.
The funding is made available through the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program-II (ATRIP-II), a program created by the Rebuild Alabama Act. The Rebuild Alabama Act requires ATRIP-II to be an annual program setting aside a minimum of $30 million off the top of ALDOT’s share of new gas tax revenue for projects of local interest on the state highway system.
The Walmart traffic signal was the only project awarded in January, in Escambia County. In total, ALDOT announced grant funding for 25 projects totaling just over $40 million.
“Rebuild Alabama continues making generational transportation improvements a reality. I am proud to award funds towards these 25 projects. Our success with Rebuild Alabama will only continue,” said Ivey.
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10 Responses to “Grant Awarded For $1 Million Traffic Light At Walmart In Atmore”
Over $1 million for a traffic light?!?! I seriously doubt that!! Someone is padding pockets..Or they took the 1st quote they were given..Either way, someone is making a killing and it is literally HIGHWAY ROBBERY.!! I’d be ashamed to admit we forking out that much for a traffic light…
JBEAR, If you are not capable of turning right or left, depending, into Sonic, you really need your license revoked. It is not that hard.
@ lol…the light you are referring to leads to the casino. The light that is needed is in front of sonic, hardees, waffle house, mcdonalds, etc…and cant nobody say theyd b too close together cuz pcola and other places have lights closer together than that…just saying…
JBEAR there already is a light right there lol
Never had any huge issue ,but hey, if you got a million to waste go for it.
A million dollars to do this. How and why is plum extreme ridiculous. There are more wrecks in front of sonic and its way harder to get out there sometimes than it is coming and going out of walmart. Place the lights in front of sonic and hardees. Way better use of the time and money spent. People passed away there a few months ago remember and thats just one example.
Ah, another example of a corporation passing off their expenses to the taxpayers.
Yes !!! It’s about time . The light should’ve been there the whole time Walmart was there.What a total pain in the rear end trying to make a left turn during heavy traffic. No more turning right into the mini mall on the left just to make a left to begin with
Please explain how a traffic light costs over 1,000,000.00 dollars????!!!!!
State and federal contractors are out of control. $1M for traffic lights at a single intersection is robbery!