by Associated Press Published: November 14,2012
Tags: beach, county, government, highway, public safety, road, sand, tourism, tourist, transportation, travel, vacation, visitor
HARRISON COUNTY — Officials are looking for ways to keep sand along the Mississippi Gulf Coast on the beach where it belongs — instead of blowing onto U.S. Highway 90. Sand on the highway is a driving hazard, and cleaning it up is costly. WLOX television reports Harrison County has been working with the U.S. [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 5,2012
Tags: brige, design, engineer, engineering, forecaster, government, highway, infrastructure, list, longevity, media, ocean, public sector, ranking, reader, record, road, storm, street, survey, transportation, travel, tropical, Weather
JACKSON — The consulting engineering firm Neel-Schaffer made the Top 50 Road & Highway Design Firms List released by Roads and Bridges. Each year the magazine sends a survey out to its government (departments of transportation) readers, who in turn select the firms they prefer to work with out on the jobsite. The results are [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 5,2012
Tags: accident, autotmobile, car, highway, motorist, public safety, road, transportation, travel, truck, vehicle, white tail deer, wildlife
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is reminding motorists it is that time of year again — time to watch out for white deer. “Deer movement increases during the fall, making it all the more important for motorists to drive defensively and stay alert, especially at dawn and dusk, to reduce the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 5,2012
Tags: bid, bridge, builder, construction, contractor, federal government, infrastructure, park, Parkway, road, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, tourism, tourist, transportation, travel, vacation, visitor
TUPELO — The lowest bid to build a bridge over the Natchez Trace Parkway came in $1.4 million higher than expected. Officials tell the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal members of the Major Thoroughfare Committee will discuss the bids on Oct. 8 before taking a proposal to the city council. The bridge is part of the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 26,2012
Tags: completion, construction, contractor, highway, infrastructure, project, road, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, state agency, tourism, tourist, traffic, transportation, travel, typo, vacation, visitor
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 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 29,2012
Tags: disaster, disaster response, emergency, evacuate, evacuation, evacuee, flood, flooding, highway, hurricane, law enforcement, military, natural disaster, rain, road, severe wqeather, shelter, state agency, travel, tropical weather, water, Weather, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Hurricane Isaac has slowed in the Gulf and continues to send torrential rains over already rain-soaked areas throughout Mississippi and Louisiana, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). Emergency operations continue for Mississippians affected by the storm with the following updates given at 7 a.m. this morning by MEMA: • [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 29,2012
Tags: contractor, drought, highway, infrastructure, rain, road, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, state agency, transportation, travel, Weather
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — Work is resuming on a four-lane project to link Cleveland and Ruleville. The work on Mississippi 8 has hits some snags since 2009. Kevin Magee, a Mississippi Department of Transportation engineer, tells the Bolivar Commercial problems with rain, drought and contractors are no longer issues. Magee said the final phase of the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 23,2012
Tags: bench, contract, county government, courts, debris, disaster, disaster recovery, federal government, fraud, guilty, hurricane, judge, judicial, judiciary, natural disaster, plea, road, severe weather, tropical weather, Weather
BAY ST. LOUIS — Former Hancock County road manager Roger Ladner has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery involving federal money for Katrina ditch-cleaning projects. His wife, Sharon, has pleaded guilty to falsification of records in a federal investigation. Both entered pleas yesterday before U.S. District Judge Halil Sul Ozerden in Gulfport. Later, Donald [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 22,2012
Tags: audit, auditor, bench, city, courts, executive, financial, funding, garnishment, infrastructure, judge, mayor, misappropriation, municipality, park, road, salary, state agency, street, tax, taxpayer, transportation, travel
SOUTHAVEN — Southaven is getting $850,000 to link the city’s two largest parks with a bike path and walking trail after learning state officials have released the funds that had been frozen because of Mayor Greg Davis’ financial problems. The Commercial Appeal reports aldermen learned yesterday the enhancement grant for the nearly three-mile trail between [...] [...]
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