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New Law Due to Birmingham’s Hoar Construction Builds Bring Alabama $76M UAB Science, Engineering Complex More Than $6.8B Alabama could receive more than $6.8 billion in road and transportation funding in President Biden’s recently approved $1.2 trillion Infrastructure, Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). While broad outlines of how that money will be allocated are now available, more federal direction is needed before specific projects are identified, the Daily News has learned. “We’re still waiting on the federal guidance on what exactly we can do with this money,” Tom Layfield, executive director of the Alabama Road Builders Association (ARBA), told the Montgomery-based news service. According to information from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), the following approximates what Alabama should expect from the infrastructure law over five years: • $5.8 billion in highway and bridge funds which, USDOT has said, is about 32 percent more per year than current federal funding to the state. • $402 million to improve Alabama’s public transportation options. • $142 million for airport infrastructure. • $128 million to reduce transportationrelated emissions. • $79 million for the expansion of electric vehicle charging networks in the state. • $44 million for commercial motor vehicle safety efforts to reduce crashes. • $32 million for highway safety traffic programs. • $146 million to “increase the resilience of its transportation system,” the USDOT said in a recent statement. “You can read a definition of what resilience means, but you need the guidance to see what the [federal government] says it see IIJA page 2
Mass excavation was limited, due to the existing building footprint.
By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
Construction crews in Birmingham are building what’s being described as a significant investment in future world-chang-
ing research. The $76 million UAB Science and Engineering Complex will replace the aging Education Building located on 14th Street South between University Boulevard and 10th Avenue South. “The Science and Engineering Complex will provide the college with opportunities to expand our research in the areas of health and emerging technologies within an inclusive community,” said Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Kecia M. Thomas. “In pursuing this work, our community of scholars will continue to invite students from across the country to UAB to participate in our National
Science Foundation-funded REU programs, with the hopes of recruiting those students back to UAB for our graduate programs. Also, we believe this research will benefit the economic development landscape of the City of Birmingham and the State of Alabama.” Thomas explained that the complex and its classrooms and labs will promote collaboration among all who spend time within the building. “This facility is designed to not simply be a place where students pass through on their way to another class, but where they will feel welcomed to study and meet with their peers and faculty, and where they will feel a sense of belonging. As a college, we aim to elevate see UAB page 6