Rep. Terri Sewell has announced a $36.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to the City of Montgomery for improvements at the Selma to Montgomery Historic Trail. 

“On the heels of the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, we are thrilled to have secured major federal funding to improve our transportation infrastructure along the Selma to Montgomery Historic Trail,” said Sewell in a press release. 

“This $36 million federal investment will help us tell the story of the struggle for civil rights to more Americans. We are grateful to the Biden-Harris Administration for making it possible.”

The $36,663,000 comes from DOT’s Neighborhood Access and Equity (NAE) grant program. The money will be used to create ADA accessible transportation options along the trail. 

Additionally, funding will be used to establish a "greenway" trail with the aim of zero emission facilitation. 

"The zero emission infrastructure will include rehabilitating the Transportation Administrative Building and a brownfield site, along the trail, into new locations for microgrids and charging stations for the public and public transit," said the press release.

"The Fairview Transfer Station will be rehabilitated to house smart benches, Wi-Fi nodes, wayfinding kiosks, and workforce micro-transit hub."

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