by Associated Press Published: January 24,2013
Tags: bond, city council, city government, councilman, funding, infrastructure, issue, municipal, pave, pavement, paving, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, roads, street
JACKSON — Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. says he will use funds from a bond issue to pay for a $10 million street paving project in the Capital City. Johnson tells The Clarion-Ledger the city council would have to sign off on the proposal. The city has devoted huge sums of money to fixing streets. Jackson [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 7,2013
Tags: congestion, highway, infrastructure, lane, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, safety, state agency, traffic, transportation, widening
PETAL — Officials, businesses and residents in the city of Petal are welcoming the end of a $13 million two-year highway improvement project. The Hattiesburg American reports the project widened Mississippi Highway 42 from two lanes to four and installed turn lanes. Petal Mayor Hal Marx says residents are pleased with the decrease in traffic [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 28,2012
Tags: car, construction, contractor, infrastructure, port, road, roadbuilder, street, SUV, traffic, transportation, travbel, truck, van, vehicle
NATCHEZ — Nearly eight years after its conception and after a number of unavoidable delays, construction on the $3.6 million port road project that will save miles of traffic time for some transport routes is complete. Adams County Engineer Jim Marlow tells The Natchez Democrat the Government Fleet Road extension project, which will save seven [...] [...]
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: 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 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 [...] [...]
VICKSBURG — Mississippi transportation officials are set to unveil plans to widen Interstate 20 to six lanes in Vicksburg. The Vicksburg Post reports the Mississippi Department of Transportation will discuss the plans during a public meeting at the Vicksburg Convention Center. MDOT also proposes to elevate the interstate in some areas and rebuild some interchanges. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 7,2012
Tags: board of supervisors, bond, construction, county, county governor, finance, financing, loan, road, road work, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, supervisor
NATCHEZ — The Adams County Board of Supervisors has voted to take out a $650,000 loan to fund road work and also voted to renegotiate an approximately $2.6 million road bond to reduce the payments the county pays on the bond each year. The Natchez Democrat reports the supervisors awarded a bid for the $650,000 [...] [...]
UNION COUNTY and CALHOUN COUNTY — The new Mississippi Highway 9 from Sherman to U.S. Highway 278 near Pontotoc will open for traffic Monday. Officials tell the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal the new 12-mile highway will provide a much-sought four-lane link from the entrance to Magnolia Way, the frontage road leading to the Toyota assembly [...] [...]
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