by Associated Press Published: December 18,2012
Tags: city, construction, council, elected official, enhancement, government, improvement, infrastructure, mayor, municipal, municipality, pipe, politician, Politics, public official, sewage, sewer, waste water, water
JACKSON — The Jackson City Council has ended a month-long standoff with the administration over a $90-million water and sewer project, after receiving assurances they would have another chance to weigh in on the proposed deal. The Economic Development Committee and then the council voted to spend more than $400,000 to hire bond counsel and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 14,2012
Tags: beach, beachfront, bid, city, community developmernt, construction, contractor, government, infrastructure, municipal, municipality, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
PASCAGOULA — The city of Pascagoula has received bids on the first phase of the city’s roughly $4 million beachfront promenade project. Program manager Jaclyn Turner tells The Sun Herald the project’s first part includes decorative lighting, benches and construction of a 10-foot-wide sidewalk. It is estimated to cost about $1 million. Turner says the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 5,2012
Tags: bioenergy, construction, contract, contractor, county, elecvtricity, energy, fuel, government, green, infrastructure, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, power, production, REFINERY, sewer, sustainable
NATCHEZ — Adams County supervisors have approved a $522,673 to relocate a sewer line on the former Belwood County Club property, the future site of KiOR’s Natchez alternative fuel production facility. The Natchez Democrat reports the contract went to T.L. Wallace Construction. Board Attorney Scott Slover said the bid was approximately $180,000 below the county’s [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 5,2012
Tags: acquisition, buy, energy, fuel, fund, gas storage, infrastructure, merger, natural gas, pipeline, power, purchase, sale, salt cavern, sell, storage
SMITH COUNTY — Macquarie Infrastructure Partners II (MIP II), a North American infrastructure fund headquartered in New York, completed the acquisition of Leaf River Energy Center LLC from NGS Energy, LP. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Leaf River is an underground salt cavern facility located in Smith County. The Leaf River complex currently [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 30,2012
Tags: blueprint, corridor, infrastructure, interstate, study, tavel, tourism, tourist, trade, traffic, transportation, vacation, visitor
DESOTO COUNTY — The public gets to ride the preparation trail for six additional months for DeSoto County’s long-awaited Interstate 69/269 International Trade Corridor study, launched in 2010 and now slated for completion by June 30, 2013. The pivotal blueprint — intended to guide development for decades along the route through DeSoto County — originally [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 30,2012
Tags: bypass, downtown, historic, history, infrastructure, interstate, ribbon cutting, road, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, street, traffic, transportation, travel
CANTON — State transportation officials hope to have a ribbon-cutting before Christmas on a $19.3-million bypass to ease traffic rolling through the heart of historic Canton. The 3.5-mile, four-lane road will connect to the Nissan Parkway at U.S. Highway 51 north of the Nissan plant and run northeast to Mississippi Highway 43. Construction on the [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
LAFAYETTE COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is offering the Mississippi Highway 7 Tallahatchie River Steel Truss Bridge in Lafayette County to the public for relocation, preservation, and maintenance. Built in 1953, the three-span structure has been determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The bridge will soon be replaced and [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
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