Mississippi Business Journal » Rail Authority of East Mississippi http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Bond bill to fund studies for rail project http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/03/bond-bill-to-fund-studies-for-rail-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bond-bill-to-fund-studies-for-rail-project http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/03/bond-bill-to-fund-studies-for-rail-project/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 20:13:14 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=74219 The bond bill Gov. Phil Bryant signed April 25 may help a rail project in East Mississippi. The $196 million bill has in it $1 million to support the East Mississippi Intermodal Rail Corridor, which would develop 56 miles of railroad that would offer continuous rail service along the state’s eastern border. It would connect [...]

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