Mississippi Business Journal » highways http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 August 6, 2012- Ricky Nobile http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/05/august-6-2012-ricky-nobile/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=august-6-2012-ricky-nobile http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/05/august-6-2012-ricky-nobile/#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2012 06:01:30 +0000 Ricky Nobile http://msbusiness.com/?p=60624

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/05/august-6-2012-ricky-nobile/feed/ 0 City looking to push out closer to highway bypass http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/21/city-looking-to-push-out-closer-to-highway-bypass/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-looking-to-push-out-closer-to-highway-bypass http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/21/city-looking-to-push-out-closer-to-highway-bypass/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 18:45:03 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=57468 OKOLONA — Okolona officials want to push the city limits out closer to the U.S. 45 Bypass. Mayor Louise Cole tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal moving the city limits eastward to within about a tenth of a mile of the bypass might attract a hotel and restaurant to the area. Robert Shinn, who lives [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/21/city-looking-to-push-out-closer-to-highway-bypass/feed/ 0 Former MDOT executive director Brown wins mayoral runoff http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/16/former-mdot-executive-director-brown-wins-mayoral-runoff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=former-mdot-executive-director-brown-wins-mayoral-runoff http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/16/former-mdot-executive-director-brown-wins-mayoral-runoff/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:02:58 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=57160 NATCHEZ — Larry L. Brown has won the Democratic primary for Natchez mayor, defeating Phillip West by 541 votes in the runoff. Brown, former executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, received 56 percent of the vote, or 2,696 votes in yesterday’s runoff election. West had 44 percent of the vote, or 2,155 votes. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/16/former-mdot-executive-director-brown-wins-mayoral-runoff/feed/ 1 County leaders want to know why highway project is delayed http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/10/county-leaders-want-to-know-why-highway-project-is-delayed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=county-leaders-want-to-know-why-highway-project-is-delayed http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/10/county-leaders-want-to-know-why-highway-project-is-delayed/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:25:35 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=55545 PEAR RIVER COUNTY — State transportation officials are to discuss the $10 million four-laning of U.S. 11 in a meeting this week with Pearl River County leaders. The Mississippi Department of Transportation has announced that the project will be delayed, raising questions from local officials. County Engineer Les Dungan tells the Picayune Item the project [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/10/county-leaders-want-to-know-why-highway-project-is-delayed/feed/ 0 MDOT awards I-10 project to Huey Stockstill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/19/mdot-awards-i-10-project-to-huey-stockstill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mdot-awards-i-10-project-to-huey-stockstill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/19/mdot-awards-i-10-project-to-huey-stockstill/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:11:35 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=54273 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Mississippi Department of Transportation will start work on a project to resurface 13 miles of Interstate 10 in Hancock and Harrison counties. The $14.5 million project was awarded to Huey Stockstill Inc. of Picayune. Southern District transportation commissioner Tom King says the project starts at Diamondhead and extends to the [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/19/mdot-awards-i-10-project-to-huey-stockstill/feed/ 0 Senators lobbying House to pass BP oil spill bill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/15/senators-lobbying-house-to-pass-bp-oil-spill-bill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=senators-lobbying-house-to-pass-bp-oil-spill-bill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/15/senators-lobbying-house-to-pass-bp-oil-spill-bill/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:36:53 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=53996 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are hoping the House of Representatives will look favorably on “overwhelming” Senate support for legislation that will direct fines from the BP oil spill to Mississippi and other Gulf Coast states. The Senate yesterday approved (74-22) the Moving Ahead for Progress in [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/15/senators-lobbying-house-to-pass-bp-oil-spill-bill/feed/ 0 Hall: Port Gibson might get U.S. 61 bypass after all http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/hall-port-gibson-might-get-u-s-61-bypass-after-all/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hall-port-gibson-might-get-u-s-61-bypass-after-all http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/hall-port-gibson-might-get-u-s-61-bypass-after-all/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:53:14 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=53829 PORT GIBSON — Central District Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall says plans to four-lane U.S. 61 through Port Gibson may be changed to a bypass. The Vicksburg Post reports Hall, in a civic club speech this past week, said a majority of the commission supports routing U.S. 61 around Port Gibson. “The main thing is to [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/hall-port-gibson-might-get-u-s-61-bypass-after-all/feed/ 0 Highway 67 interchange project to begin this month http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/07/highway-67-interchange-project-to-begin-this-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=highway-67-interchange-project-to-begin-this-month http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/07/highway-67-interchange-project-to-begin-this-month/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:49:46 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=53548 HARRISON COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) will soon begin construction of an interchange project on Highway 67 at Sangani Boulevard in Harrison County, according to Southern Transportation Commissioner Tom King. The project, which is located in D’Iberville near the Interstate 10 and Interstate 110 Interchange, was awarded to Gulf Equipment Corporation of [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/07/highway-67-interchange-project-to-begin-this-month/feed/ 0 ‘Fracking’ leads county officials to call for highway widening http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/fracking-leads-county-officials-to-call-for-highway-widening/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fracking-leads-county-officials-to-call-for-highway-widening http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/fracking-leads-county-officials-to-call-for-highway-widening/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:57:05 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=53401 AMITE COUNTY — An increase in oilfield activity in Amite County is bringing a call for the state to four-lane Highway 24 in southwest Mississippi between McComb and Liberty. The Enterprise-Journal reports the issue came up during a discussion of oil drilling among members of the Pike County Economic Development District board. Amite County has [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/fracking-leads-county-officials-to-call-for-highway-widening/feed/ 0 Report details plans for new Augusta-to-Natchez interstate http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/14/report-details-plans-for-new-augusta-to-natchez-interstate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=report-details-plans-for-new-augusta-to-natchez-interstate http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/14/report-details-plans-for-new-augusta-to-natchez-interstate/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:50:15 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=52397 NATCHEZ — A federal report details plans for a possible new interstate highway that would move traffic from Augusta, Ga., through central Georgia and Alabama to Natchez. The report on the proposed 14th Amendment Highway was obtained by The Telegraph newspaper of Macon, Ga., under the Freedom of Information Act. In Georgia, one proposal calls [...]

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