Governor Kay Ivey today announced more than $45 million for 23 projects in Coastal Alabama supported by funds from the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, GOMESA. These projects focus on environmental education and outreach, boating access, water quality improvements, recreational access improvements and other important projects that are included in the original intent and authorized use of GOMESA funds.
Ivey made the announcement Tuesday during the Southern States Energy Board Conference at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Alabama.
“I am thrilled to announce the 2025 GOMESA projects,” Ivey said. “Working closely with Commissioner Blankenship and his team at the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, we will share more than $45 million with cities, towns, counties and the University of South Alabama to fund these worthy projects that will provide great benefit to the citizens of Coastal Alabama. With this announcement, more than $260 million in GOMESA projects have been awarded during my Administration.”
GOMESA provides funding for the four Gulf Producing States and their eligible coastal political subdivisions to share 37.5 percent of the qualified revenues from Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leases issued since December 20, 2006. With approval from the Governor’s Office, the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, ADCNR, administers the funds. Mobile and Baldwin counties receive separate GOMESA disbursements directly from the federal government.
2025 funded GOMESA projects
- Citronelle Youth Field Lighting Enhancement – $1,280,000
- Creola Public Safety Building – $2,000,000
- Creola Wetlands Acquisition – $350,000
- Silverhill Oscar Johnson Park Improvements – $1,500,000
- Foley Nature Parks Expansion – $1,500,000
- Satsuma Gunnison Creek Kayak Boat Launch and Boardwalk Improvements – $2,013,473
- Magnolia Springs Restoration Project – $878,346
- Dauphin Island Multi-Park Access Improvements – $1,400,000
- Loxley Youth Soccer Complex – $1,000,000
- University of South Alabama’s Delta and Coastal Alabama Wildlife, Fisheries, and Carbon Flux Observatory – $1,500,000
- Baldwin County Perdido Bay Boardwalk and ADA Improvements – $2,530,000
- Lillian Sustainable Stormwater and Parking Lot Improvements – $396,340
- Mobile County River Delta Marina and Campground – $2,000,000
- Chickasaw Stormwater Rehabilitation Project Phase 2 – $2,000,000
- Baldwin County Solid Waste Disposal Authority Orange Beach Recycling Convenience Center – $1,500,224
- Gulf Shores Waterway Village Pedestrian Park – $3,606,465
- Renovation of the Daphne Recreation Center – $4,000,000
- City of Mobile Brookley by the Bay: Southern Activation Zone – $3,500,000
- Bay Minette Nature Park Master Plan and Engineering Design – $1,000,000
- Mobile Riverfront Phase I Amendment – $4,000,000
- Gulf State Park Campground – $5,000,000
- Argosy Large Artificial Reef – $2,500,000
- Administration of GOMESA – $398,599
“The GOMESA projects announced today will go a long way to continuing to improve the environment and quality of life in Coastal Alabama,” said ADCNR Commissioner Chris Blankenship. “I appreciate the work of the staff at the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and our project partners as they work to leverage GOMESA funded projects with the good work happening with Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill projects and other funding sources. The environmental education enhancements, water quality improvements and public access expansion projects announced today will have a long-term positive impact. Coupled with the previous projects, GOMESA funding is making generational improvements in our coastal counties.”
