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Construction getting underway on new aquatic center

Associated Press — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:12:29 +0000

TUPELO — Work crews are putting up a temporary fence this week around the construction site of Tupelo’s new aquatic center. A groundbreaking was held last Tuesday for the $11 million facility being built near the entrance to Veterans Park. Officials say construction will take about 14 months with a grand opening of the nearly [...]

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MDOT estimates Miss. 6 project will wrap up in 2014

Associated Press — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:29:18 +0000

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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Supervisors to take out bond to build levee for KiOR

Associated Press — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:25:07 +0000

NATCHEZ — The Adams County Board of Supervisors is advertising its intent to take out a bond that will not exceed $7.5 million as part of the KiOR levee project. The Natchez Democrat reports the funds from the bond will be channeled toward the construction of a levee on the site of the former Belwood [...]

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County wants loan to build levee for KiOR plant

Associated Press — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:14:10 +0000

NATCHEZ — Adams County is applying for a $3 million state loan to help pay for a levee to be built on the site of the former Belwood Country Club. The levee is part of the county’s commitment to an economic recruiting package to bring alternative fuels company KiOR to Adams County. The Belwood property [...]

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Pentagon awards Camp Shelby project to DCD, Yates

Associated Press — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:36:00 +0000

FORREST COUNTY — The Pentagon says a joint venture between two Mississippi construction companies has won a $41.4 million contract to build an operational readiness training complex at Camp Shelby. The companies are DCD Construction Inc. of Ocean Springs and W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Inc. of Philadelphia. Glen Higgs of DCD says the contract [...]

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Entergy Mississippi reports project not ‘indefinitely’ postponed

MBJ Staff — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:07:45 +0000

JACKSON — Entergy Mississippi Inc. says a news release from the Mississippi Department of Transportation about a transmission line installment project near the I-55/I-220 interchange in Jackson was inaccurate. The MDOT news release, which ran on the MBJ site March 7, said the project was “indefinitely” postponed due to a permitting issue. Mara Hartman, senior [...]

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MDOT: Oxford-area road projects still on, but moving slowly

Associated Press — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:02:23 +0000

LAFAYETTE COUNTY — State transportation officials say road projects in the Oxford area are still on the drawing board — they are just being drawn very slowly. Last year, the Mississippi Department of Transportation presented the city and Lafayette County a proposal that lumped a new Highway 6 intersection with two other projects. The Oxford [...]

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