Ivey awards grants aimed at promoting highway safety

Gov. Kay Ivey awarded $3.5 million in grant funding last week to the University of Alabama, Auburn University, and the Alabama Department of Public Health. The new funding, according to Ivey, will go toward making the state’s highways safer. “Too often a drive to work, to a vacation destination or just to shop across town ends in tragedy because of someone’s careless disregard for our traffic safety laws,” she said. “I commend the work of these two universities and the Department of Public Health for combining resources to help prevent automobile crashes. I urge motorists to obey traffic laws