Ivey grants $1.57 million in grants for safer roads

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded grants totaling $1.57 million to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency for efforts to improve highway safety and ensure dangerous motorists are off the roads.

Ivey awarded the four grants to fund special highway safety programs like “Click It or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.” Those programs coincide with major holidays, like Labor Day and Memorial Day, when traffic is heaviest.

“These grant funds will put more troopers on our highways and support other programs intended to reduce crashes and save lives,” Ivey said. “Motorists who ignore our highway safety...