Perry County was 1 of the stops that the Alabama Department of Community and Economic Affairs (ADECA) and the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) made successful their caller circuit of the Black Belt on with the Alabama Tombigbee Regional Commission (ATRC).
Perry County Commission Chairman Albert Turner Jr. hosted the directors of the 3 agencies astatine a meal wherever helium shared the details of a roadworthy program that includes Albert Turner-Jimmie Lee Jackson Memorial Highway.
According to a post connected his Facebook page, thousands of dollars successful funds person been secured from national and authorities sources but helium is seeking $1 cardinal from DRA and $500,000 from ADECA to implicit the plan.
The program besides seeks to instal six-inch h2o lines on Highway 183 to the Chilton County line, Turner's station said.
Turner said that ADECA has pledged to assistance with projects successful Perry County, with ATRC starring a assistance penning effort.