Republican lawmakers who backed the 10-cents-per-gallon gas tax increase know that various irate constituents might be waiting at home to give them an earful on their spring break next week.
But the coastal Alabama contingent will be able to point to a very tangible benefit from their supportive votes: a deepening and widening of the Mobile ship channel.
Tax revenue from the Rebuild Alabama infrastructure package will supply the necessary state match for the Alabama State Port Authority’s $400 million ship channel project.
