The Randolph County Commission at last Monday’s meeting approved the 2026 county transportation plan as requested by county engineer Justin Rush. The transportation plan lists roads in the county that are scheduled to be worked on in the upcoming year.
The version approved by the commission Monday has three projects on it, with an estimated price tag of just over $700,000.
The three projects are:
• Resurfacing and traffic striping County Road 64, from the Woodland town limits to County Road 87, a stretch of road that is 9.35 miles long.
• Resurfacing and traffic striping Louina Road from the Roanoke city limits to the Chambers County line, which is just under 3.5 miles.
• Traffic striping County Road 15 from US 431 in Wedowee to state highway 77 just west of Wadley, a stretch of over 13 miles.
Money for county road projects comes from two separate funds.
These three projects will be paid for out of the County Rebuild Alabama Fund, which is expected to have just under $1 million available during the upcoming fiscal year.
Count adminstrator Travis Heard said that the commission has the option to amend the transportation plan and add projects to take advantage of the remaining $283,000-plus that is not allocated for the three current projects.
The county also has over $400,000 in its second road-related fund, the Federal Aid Exchange Fund. Heard said there is no plan to spend that money in 2026 because the county expects to let those funds roll over to 2027 so they can be applied to more expensive projects, like the resurfacing of County Road 87. The resurfacing project that is still underway on a portion of County Road 87 cost the county over $800,000.
Recognition
Also at last week’s meeting the commission recognized one of their own and an office employee. Commissioner Chris Lunsford was recognized for completing the legislature’s mandate for educational requirements through the Alabama Local Government
Training Institute.
Karla Minnifield, an employee of the commission office, completed her training for county administration through the county government institute.
In other business, the commission:
• Adopted a resolution authorizing participation in the Alabama inter-local mutual agreement recommended by the EMA director.
• Approved relocating the voting precinct from Bethel East Community Center to the outreach building at Bethel East Baptist Church as requested by the church and the probate judge.
• Approved the insolvents, errors, litigations and unsold tax liens for 2024 and uncollected insolvents and litigations for the previous years as requested by the revenue commissioner.
• Announced the next workshop meeting will be Thursday, September 4.
