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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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Commission names McGrath as MDOT executive director

MBJ Staff — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:52:31 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Transportation Commission unanimously voted yesterday to appoint Melinda L. McGrath as executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT). Since February of 2011, McGrath has served as interim executive director/chief engineer of MDOT. Prior to that, she served as deputy executive director/chief engineer since August 2008. As chief engineer, she was [...]

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TIGER funds awarded to upgrade four river bridges

MBJ Staff — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:21:40 +0000

WEST MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been awarded TIGER Discretionary Grant funds to perform improvements on four Mississippi River bridges. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the allotment of $511 million in TIGER Discretionary Grant funds for total of 46 transportation projects in 33 states and Puerto Rico. Officials from MDOT, [...]

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MDOT cuts ribbon on two major road projects

MBJ Staff — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:38:35 +0000

SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) District Six marked the completion of two major projects spanning Wayne, George and Greene counties in a ribbon-cutting held today. The four-lane construction of 25 miles of roadway on Highway 63 and Highway 57 in George and Greene counties is now completed. This provides a north-south [...]

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Biglanes sentenced for attempted bribery of Brown

Associated Press — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:00:55 +0000

LAUREL — A father and son from Laurel who pleaded guilty to trying to bribe Mississippi’s transportation director have been sentenced in the case. U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate sentenced 67-year-old Kenneth Biglane to two years in prison and his 40-year-old son, Peter Biglane, to 18 months for bribery relating to a program which [...]

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