Twenty-three projects in Baldwin and Mobile counties will receive $45 million through the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, Gov. Kay Ivey announced on Tuesday.

“I am thrilled to announce the 2025 GOMESA projects,” Ivey said in a written statement. “Working closely with Commissioner (Chris) 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.”

More than $260 million in GOMESA projects have been awarded since Ivey took office in 2017.

The nearly 20-year-old federal act created a revenue-sharing model for oil- and gas-producing gulf states. Alabama

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