From staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — The Birmingham City Council plans to vote this week on a joint services agreement allowing Mayor William Bell and the city of Birmingham to work with the cities of Irondale, Leeds and Trussville according to Bryan Davis of the Birmingham Business Journal.
Davis reports the project, a road surface improvement project of Floyd Bradford Road, will cost a total close to $1 million, and that cost will be divided among the municipalities. Jefferson County is slated to pay the bulk of the cost with a $649,452 commitment.
Trussville would pay $174,860 in the current agreement. Trussville Mayor Gene Melton said that number could decrease depending on private support.
Floyd Bradford Road runs from Roper Road near the Trussville Country Club to U.S. 78, but Melton said he was unsure exactly where the plans to pave would end.
“If it goes all the way to Roper Road, the whole thing would get paved,” Melton said. “That would be great.”
Davis also reported this potential agreement comes after several cities along U.S. 280 began talking about a collaborative effort to reduce congestion on one of the metro area’s biggest traffic problem areas.
These two agreements could begin a movement toward more municipal cooperation.