JACKSON — Workers building a road at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have found 66 unidentified graves. Officials with the medical center say a construction crew found the unmarked human remains over a period from November through March. The graves were found four to five feet below the surface as workers dug down to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 9,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, connector, county government, infrastructure, interstate, land, public safety, right of way, road, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, state agency, state government, street, supervisors, transportation, travel
JACKSON COUNTY — Jackson County and the state will begin buying right of way before the end of the year for a new road that will parallel Interstate 10 and connect a popular shopping area in Harrison County with West Jackson County. The Sun Herald reports the Jackson County Board of Supervisors voted for Neel-Schaffer [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 8,2013
Tags: construction, enhancement, highway, improvement, infrastructure, road, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, state agency, transportation, travel
EAST MISSISSIPPI — State transportation officials expect to spend about $2 million on improvements to Mississippi Highway 182. The Commercial Dispatch reports Starkville city engineer Edward Kemp told local officials work would include overlaying the road’s surface within city limits, developing landscape islands, improving sidewalk access and re-pouring driveways. Kemp said bid advertisements are expected [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 1,2013
Tags: bridge, executive director, highway, infrastructure, interstate, legislative, legislator, Legislature, road, roadbuilding, state agency, state government, street, transportation, travel
JACKSON — The Mississippi Senate has approved the appointment of Melinda McGrath, PE, to remain executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation. McGrath’s appointment begins today and will end April 1, 2017, unless it is further extended. As executive director, McGrath, the first woman to serve as leader of MDOT, oversees MDOT’s more than [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 1,2013
Tags: bluff, erosion, public safety, rain, road, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, state agency, transportation travel, Weather
WARREN COUNTY — Work has begun in Warren County to shore up the hillsides along parts of U.S. Highway 80 that eroded during January’s heavy rain. State transportation officials tell the Vicksburg Post earthen bluffs at U.S. 80 and Rancho Road were set back farther to limit the impact of further mudslides. Mississippi Department of [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 27,2013
Tags: construction, contractor, contractors, highway, infrastructure, intercvhange, interstate, road, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, state agency, traffic, transportation
LAUREL — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has begun a Jones County interchange improvement project at the Interstate 59-16th Avenue/Exit 95 interchange. The $1.18-million project was awarded to Dunn Roadbuilders of Laurel. The project will include the installation of a traffic signal and redesign of traffic flow at the interchange. When the project is [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 25,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, bridge, construction, contract, county government, highway, infrastructure, road, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, supervisor, traffic, transportation, Weather
CHATAWA — Pike County supervisors have agreed to give the contractor more time to complete work on the replacement of a bridge in the Chatawa community. The Enterprise-Journal reports contractor T.L. Wallace will have until May 17. The original deadline was April 2 but officials said recent rains hampered work on the project. The supervisors [...] [...]
BILOXI — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) will soon begin work on the rehabilitation of the Interstate 110 Drawbridge in Biloxi, according to Southern Transportation Commissioner Tom King. The $8.2-million project, awarded to PCL Civil Constructors of Tampa, Fla., is the second and final phase of the renovation project. In 2011, MDOT completed a [...] [...]
JACKSON COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation is in the initial stages of a planned widening of U.S. Highway 90 to six lanes from Ocean Springs to Gautier. MDOT engineer Kelly Castleberry told The Mississippi Press surveyors have begun surveying the roughly 11 mile stretch of U.S. 90 — the only area of U.S. [...] [...]
LEE COUNTY — The Mississippi Department of Transportation says work on the final phase of the four-laning of Highway 6 in Lee County is in its final phase. The last section remaining to be completed will run from Highway 342 in Pontotoc to Highway 45 in Tupelo. WTVA TV reports the $26-million project was awarded [...] [...]
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