Supervisor wants second opinion on bridge repair, replacements
MCCOMB — A Pike County supervisor wants a second opinion on whether the county really needs $5 million worth of bridge repairs and replacements. The Board of Supervisors will first meet with the...
View ArticleCounty leaders want to know why highway project is delayed
PEAR RIVER COUNTY — State transportation officials are to discuss the $10 million four-laning of U.S. 11 in a meeting this week with Pearl River County leaders. The Mississippi Department of...
View ArticleEngineers name U.S. 82 bridge as one of most innovative projects
GREENVILLE — The new U.S. 82 Mississippi River Bridge was recently recognized by the American Council of Engineering Companies as one of the world’s most innovative projects of the year. The...
View ArticleFormer MDOT executive director Brown wins mayoral runoff
NATCHEZ — Larry L. Brown has won the Democratic primary for Natchez mayor, defeating Phillip West by 541 votes in the runoff. Brown, former executive director of the Mississippi Department of...
View ArticleRead June 7 issue of MBJ
>>BRIDGES Report: State bridges not old just neglected - by Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >>REAL ESTATE David Landrum talks about the past, present and future of Town of Livingston...
View ArticleNational report: State bridges not old, just neglected
In terms of time, Mississippi’s bridges are on the backside of middle age. But in bridge years, that’s almost youth-like. Mississippi’s bridges average 30.9 years in age while nationally the average...
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View ArticleState has more than 200 weight-limited bridges
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI- Motorists hardly notice them, but posted bridges are a concern for commercial vehicles and can be a hindrance to economic development and a transportation safety issue. Posted...
View ArticleRED MARKS THE SPOT: Bad bridges in Mississippi may be closer than you think
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI: It is one thing to see the figures on Mississippi’s thousands of bad bridges; it’s another to see them marked on a map and listed individually. The National Bridge Inventory,...
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View ArticleBad bridges list draws strong reaction
Few people know Jones County better than Mitch Stennett, a long-time resident and head of the Economic Development Authority of Jones County. Yet, even he was surprised by the number of suspect bridges...
View ArticleStudy panel in final preparations for state road maintenance proposals
The Mississippi Senate Highway Study Committee’s search for answers to funding upkeep of roads and bridges may well end in Arkansas, where voters last year approved a half-penny, 10-year sales tax...
View ArticleMDOT’s Hall no longer solo in bid for road, bridge fix-up money
Slightly less than two years ago former legislator and current Central District Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall could not cite a single business leader or industry group outside of the...
View ArticleRevving at right time? Road, bridge funding efforts gain traction
Last month, yet another group was in Mississippi raising the issue of the state’s crumbling roads and bridge and a lack of funding to repair them. TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based national transportation...
View ArticleONE MORE YEAR: Leaders want year more of study on comprehensive road, bridge...
The chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee is hugely disappointed that Mississippi business leaders want to put off addressing a growing backlog of road and bridge upkeep until the 2016...
View ArticlePolitics of paying for transportation: Hand wringing and a lot of talk
Giving further credence to the idea that to everything there is a season, a Mississippi legislator may find more job security driving a loaded-down tractor trailer over a crumbling bridge in the Delta...
View ArticleBILL CRAWFORD: Leadership crumbling along with highways and bridges
“Somebody’s going to be killed,” Central District Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall stressed to the Clarion-Ledger, pointing to a study that shows Mississippi has 2,275 structurally deficient...
View ArticleRoad plan calls for repayment of funds to MDOT
At a press conference this morning, Charlie Williams, president of the T1 Coalition, laid out his organization’s proposal on at least a short-term solution to the state’s lack of funding for road and...
View ArticleState leaders ponder roads and bridges funding
By JACK WEATHERLY Gov. Phil Bryant and House Speaker Philip Gunn on Thursday told the Mississippi Economic Council that they are open for finding a way to fund a major overhaul of the state’s roads and...
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