BILOXI — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) will soon begin work on the rehabilitation of the Interstate 110 Drawbridge in Biloxi, according to Southern Transportation Commissioner Tom King. The $8.2-million project, awarded to PCL Civil Constructors of Tampa, Fla., is the second and final phase of the renovation project. In 2011, MDOT completed a [...] [...]
JACKSON COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation is in the initial stages of a planned widening of U.S. Highway 90 to six lanes from Ocean Springs to Gautier. MDOT engineer Kelly Castleberry told The Mississippi Press surveyors have begun surveying the roughly 11 mile stretch of U.S. 90 — the only area of U.S. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 14,2013
Tags: construction, county government, economic development, energy, environment, funding, grant, green, infrastructure, job, levee, manufacture, REFINERY, site work, state agency, sustainable energy, water system, work, worker
NATCHEZ — Adams County has received $3.9 million in grants from the state for work on a levee and new water system on the former Belwood County Club property, the future site of KiOR’s Natchez alternative fuel production facility. The Natchez Democrat reports the county initially had sought to borrow the money to partially finance [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 27,2013
Tags: casino, city government, fund, gamble, gambling, gaming, infrastructure, public education, reserve, school, school district
GREENVILLE — The city of Greenville has about $12,000 remaining from the $1.6 million in casino revenue budgeted this fiscal year. The Delta Democrat Times reports that in previous years the city used other tax revenue or borrowed money for day-to-day operations and various repairs. For the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, 2012, the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 20,2013
Tags: appropriatioon, board of supervisors, construction, county government, highway, improvement, infrastructure, road, street, supervisor
COLUMBUS — Lowndes County supervisors have formed a committee to look for the county’s 10 worst roads. The group will report back to the board by June 15 so supervisors can decide how to repair some or all the roads. The Commercial Dispatch reports committee members include road manager Ronnie Burns, County Administrator Ralph Billingsley, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 15,2013
Tags: accident, barge, boat, boater, boating, bridge, cleanup, collision, ecosystem, environment, infrastructure, inspection, navigation, opil spill, ship, shipper, shipping, towboat, transportation, wildlife
VICKSBURG — A towboat company that owns the barges that struck a Mississippi River bridge in Vicksburg will be billed $2,200 for the span’s post-accident inspection. A two-barge tow pushed by the towboat Natures Way Endeavor, based in Theodore, Ala., struck the bridge at about 1 a.m. Jan. 27, causing one of the barges to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 12,2013
Tags: bench, case, city government, court, financing, funding, infrastructure, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, municipal, municipality, state government
STARKVILLE — The Mississippi Supreme Court has thrown out a lawsuit challenging how the city of Starkville is paying for infrastructure improvements. The Supreme Court sided with the city which had contended local resident William McGovern waited too long to appeal a chancellor’s ruling in favor of Starkville’s municipal facility construction plan. Chancellor Jim Davidson [...] [...]
LEE COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation says work on the final phase of the four-laning of Highway 6 in Lee County is in its final phase. The last section remaining to be completed will run from Highway 342 in Pontotoc to Highway 45 in Tupelo. WTVA TV reports the $26-million project was awarded [...] [...]
JACKSON — A new study finds the city of Jackson will need an estimated $300 million to fix its crumbling water system. The Clarion-Ledger reports Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. released some of the basic details about the study yesterday. The city already has to spend roughly $400 million on sewer improvements, as mandated by the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 1,2013
Tags: bridge, construction, infrastructure, Parkway Properties Inc., repair, road, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, state agency, traffic, transportation, travel
RANKIN COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has issued an update on the Airport Road bridge in Rankin County, and the news is good. Earlier this week, crews began making repairs on the Airport Road bridge over the westbound lanes of I-20. Work on this project was expected to continue for one week, [...] [...]
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