by MBJ Staff Published: January 4,2013
Tags: coal, electricity, energy, equipment, generation, highway, power, traffic, transportation, travel, utility
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Another large piece of equipment will be moved next week to Mississippi Power Co.’s coal-powered power plant under construction in Kemper County. According to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), on Jan. 9, a group of four wide loads will begin leaving Big Bee Valley in Noxubee County for the Kemper County [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 27,2012
Tags: construction, court, delay, highway, infrastructure, interstate, judge, justice, permit, road, state agency, transportation, travel
GULFPORT — Construction could be delayed for a road connecting the Mississippi State Port of Gulfport to Interstate 10. The Sun Herald reports a federal judge has revoked the Mississippi Department of Transportation’s federal permit to build the northern end of the road. MDOT had planned to create a conservation area by using 1,600 acres [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 26,2012
Tags: bridge, computer, drainage, geospatial, hardware, higher education, highway, information technology, infrastructure, public university, research, road, sfotare, street, technology
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University Extension Service reports an advanced database training project conducted by Extension is saving the state millions of dollars, improving skills and making jobs easier. The Geospatial Education and Outreach Project began working with local and state government agencies across Mississippi in June 2006. By November 2012, more than 2,600 people [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 14,2012
Tags: beach, county, government, highway, public safety, road, sand, tourism, tourist, transportation, travel, vacation, visitor
HARRISON COUNTY — Officials are looking for ways to keep sand along the Mississippi Gulf Coast on the beach where it belongs — instead of blowing onto U.S. Highway 90. Sand on the highway is a driving hazard, and cleaning it up is costly. WLOX television reports Harrison County has been working with the U.S. [...] [...]
MADISON COUNTY — The National Park Service has completed repairs to a damaged section of the Natchez Trace Parkway at milepost 94.9, south of Ridgeland, and will reopen the Parkway to vehicular traffic tomorrow, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation. This section has been closed to motorized vehicles since March 14 after engineers identified [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 12,2012
Tags: community development, depot, display, highway, railcar, railway, rairoad, tourism, tourist, train, transportation, travel, truck, vacation
MCCOMB — Two train cars will begin a slow trek tomorrow from Hammond, La., to McComb, where they will become parts of the train display near the downtown depot. McComb Mayor Whitney Rawlings tells The Enterprise-Journal a convoy of trucks transporting the cars will leave Hammond and head slowly north on U.S. Highway 51. Plans [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 1,2012
Tags: bill, ceremony, elected official, highway, infrastructure, law, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, name, politician, public official, trasportation
CHICKASAW COUNTY — A stretch of highway in northeast Mississippi will be formally dedicated Nov. 7 for the late state Sen. Jack Gordon. The ceremony will dedicate part of Mississippi Highway 245 in Chickasaw County as the Carl J. “Jack” Gordon Jr. Memorial Highway. It is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the City Auditorium on [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 5,2012
Tags: brige, design, engineer, engineering, forecaster, government, highway, infrastructure, list, longevity, media, ocean, public sector, ranking, reader, record, road, storm, street, survey, transportation, travel, tropical, Weather
JACKSON — The consulting engineering firm Neel-Schaffer made the Top 50 Road & Highway Design Firms List released by Roads and Bridges. Each year the magazine sends a survey out to its government (departments of transportation) readers, who in turn select the firms they prefer to work with out on the jobsite. The results are [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 5,2012
Tags: accident, autotmobile, car, highway, motorist, public safety, road, transportation, travel, truck, vehicle, white tail deer, wildlife
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is reminding motorists it is that time of year again — time to watch out for white deer. “Deer movement increases during the fall, making it all the more important for motorists to drive defensively and stay alert, especially at dawn and dusk, to reduce the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 26,2012
Tags: completion, construction, contractor, highway, infrastructure, project, road, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, state agency, tourism, tourist, traffic, transportation, travel, typo, vacation, visitor
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — State transportation officials say the final leg of four-lane of Mississippi 6 from Batesville to Tupelo should be completed by 2014. The last segment runs from Pontotoc to U.S. 45. The Mississippi Department of Transportation tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal the May 30, 2014, date was calculated using the remaining work [...] [...]
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