JeffCo Commission Talks Road Projects and Development 4%
By Virginia Martin27%
7/22/2026, 2:32:34 PM
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This aerial shot shows the state of work on the Northern Beltline between Alabama 75 and Alabama 79 in north Jefferson County as of October.
Work has been ongoing since then.
(Source: ALDOT’s Unmanned Aerial Systems Program)
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The Jefferson County Commission moved quickly through its Tuesday committee meeting, signing off on several items ahead of Thursday’s formal session.
“That just shows you, without (Commissioner Mike) Bolin and (Commissioner) Sheila (Tyson) here, we can really move this thing,” Commissioner Joe Knight joked, as a motion to adjourn came only eight minutes after the meeting began.
Several road improvement measures are slated for a vote Thursday.
They include a resolution related to the Galleria Boulevard extension project, covering payment for 0.25 acres of right-of-way.
As work on the Northern Beltline continues, Jefferson County is providing notice of right-of-way purchases for the Carson Road Improvements Project Phase II.
The acquisition was funded entirely by the county and covered seven tracts of property.
Staff indicated that several additional tracts will need to be acquired for the project to continue.
A time-extension amendment for the Old Rocky Ridge Road widening project with Volkert Inc. continues as well, with $7,033,592.74 remaining from an original budget of $54,799,312.59.
Several grants were approved for consideration on Thursday’s agenda, including a community grant to Central Alabama Home Building Academy to support its training facility.
The contract takes effect upon approval and draws on a $700,000 original budget, with $266,507.10 remaining before this vote.
In District 4, public service grants for Independence Place and The Agriculture Exhibition Center Corp. were moved onto Thursday’s agenda.
Per agreement, $25,000 to the former will expand their music therapy and performance program for disabled adults, Rhythm for Independence; for the latter, $250,000 will help it complete phase I of its engineering contract to develop the Alabama Farm Center on the old Hallmark Farm property.
In District 5, a $10,000 community grant for the Jimmie Hale Mission to promote its 16-week stabilization project will go before the commission.
With state elections in November, President Jimmie Stephens suggested the Commission start meeting the possible new legislators.
“We need to get to know these people; we’ve met with them individually, but we need to get to know them collectively and show them how we work as a team.”
They discussed holding one or two meetings in August or mid-November with the incoming legislators: one informal meeting without conducting official business and another shortly before the legislative session to introduce their legislative agenda.
Stephens also indicated that a program for opioid treatment in the jails is likely to be brought to the commission during its meeting Thursday.
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