Rebuild Alabama Act Annual Grant Program

The Rebuild Alabama Act Annual Grant Program is administered by the Alabama Department of Transportation for eligible governmental sponsors in Alabama. The program was established by Legislative Act 2019-2 and allocates no less than $10 million annually for eligible transportation projects identified by ALDOT during a fiscal year. For the fiscal year program described in the source, total program funding is $15 million. The program supports improvements to classified public roads or bridges that are owned and maintained by the applicant and open to public traffic. Eligible applicants are political subdivisions of the State of Alabama, specifically municipal and county governments. ALDOT determines final eligibility of applications and proposed project activities after reviewing the submitted application. Funds are awarded through a competitive project selection process. A sponsoring governmental agency may submit only one project application per application cycle, and each county and municipality is treated as an individual sponsor. If multiple sponsors submit one project, that submission counts as the eligible submission for all sponsors. Sponsors with an active award may not apply again until the awarded project has been let to contract or a purchase order using a valid eligible in-place bid contract has been issued. The program provides two funding tiers. Of the total allocation, $10 million is available with no local match required, and the maximum request in that tier is $250,000 per project. An additional $5 million is available with a 50 percent local match required. Any request over $250,000 requires a dollar-for-dollar local match from the sponsor up to a maximum local match of $100,000 per project. The maximum total RAA Annual Grant request is therefore $350,000, consisting of $250,000 with no match plus up to $100,000 requiring local match. RAA Annual Grant funding may only be used for eligible construction activities. Preliminary engineering, right-of-way, utility relocation, construction engineering and inspection, and materials testing are not eligible. Projects must be let to competitive bid, although valid eligible in-place bids may be used if awarded under required competitive bid laws. Force account construction is not allowed. No work may be completed before ALDOT issues an award letter, and work completed before award may disqualify the application from award or payment. Awarded funds are issued to the sponsoring agency after ALDOT receives either a Notice of Award from the sponsor to the contractor or a purchase order issued against a valid eligible in-place bid contract. Funds requiring local match are issued based on a 50/50 share according to the actual bid amount or submitted purchase order invoices. Awarded funds may not be transferred to another project and must be used for improvements consistent with the original application. Funds are available for one year from the notice of award and may be rescinded if the project is not let to contract or a valid purchase order is not issued within that period. Applications must be submitted electronically through https://aldot.submittable.com/submit no later than 5:00 pm on February 20, 2026. Questions may be sent to RAAgrantApp@dot.state.al.us or williamsle@dot.state.al.us. The program is annual, and because the stated fiscal year deadline has passed as of the analysis date, the opportunity should be treated as anticipating the next round unless ALDOT publishes updated dates.

Confirm the applicant owns and maintains every road or bridge in the project scope; do not begin work before ALDOT issues an award letter; limit the request to eligible construction activities only; use competitive bidding or a valid eligible in-place bid; supplemental funding is not required but may receive favorable consideration