The Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham (RPC) has projected that over $1.5 billion of their funding for future projects will go toward construction of Birmingham’s Northern Beltline.

This accounts for over half of the RPC’s leftover funding between now and 2045 after $1.4 billion, or two thirds, of federal funds are set aside during that period to maintain what the RPC called the region’s “rapidly aging infrastructure.”

Nearly a decade ago Birmingham’s Metropolitan Planning Organization presented a final draft of their 2045 Regional Transportation Plan to the RPC which will cost nearly $3 billion to complete.

This plan, which was officially adopted in 2020, aims to improve the region’s transportation through a 25-year investment plan so that by 2045, the following goals are accomplished:

· Improve overall system safety, reducing serious injuries and fatalities for all travelers on all modes.