Mobile County Commission Approves $15 Million

Mobile AL

30 March, 2022

6:30 AM

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Press release from the Mobile County Government: March 28, 2022 MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. – The Mobile County Commission voted Monday, March 28, 2022, to approve $15 million to the Mobile Airport Authority for the proposed Mobile Downtown Airport (BFM). Commissioners approved $5 million payable in installments of $1 million a year over the next five years as general support to the Mobile Downtown Airport (BFM). In addition, $5 million was authorized in roads projects for the Mobile Downtown Airport (BFM) in each of the 2022 and 2024 Mobile County Pay-As-You-Go road improvement programs. ABOUT PAY-AS-YOU-GO: Mobile County's Pay-As-You-Go program is a method of financing road and bridge improvements with no new taxes and no borrowed money. Funds are collected in advance of each road program. Beginning in 1977, Mobile County's Pay-As-You-Go has funded more than $933 million in local road improvements and has been approved by voters each of the 18 times it has appeared on a ballot. Mobile County Pay-As-You-Go projects may be viewed at: http://www.mobilecountyal.gov/.../public-works-engineering/ This press release was produced by the Mobile County Government. The views expressed here are the author's own.