Mississippi Department of Transportation

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The Mississippi Department of Transportation is holding a public hearing with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development on October 20th to discuss proposed bridge replacements that affect both states.

MDOT is encouraging Mississippians near Pearlington to attend the meeting to learn more about improvements coming soon to the area.

The public hearing will be held from 4:30 to 7:30 PM at the Pearlington Recovery Center.

I'm Griffin Ray.

So here's the timeline.

In twenty twenty-two, there was a three-phase plan that was initiated, and MDOT and local leaders were publicly discussing a much larger vision for I-55 throughout the county.

Phase one was Goodman Road To Church Road and expand I-55 from four lanes to 10.

Phase two was to expand from Church Road to I-269 and continuing that 10-lane expansion and add a new interchange at Star Landing Road.

Early reports anticipated construction beginning as soon as 2025, a timetable that would later move.

And importantly, the project was already well beyond being just an idea.

MDOT had completed substantial design and right-of-way work for phase one.

In 2024, more funding and preparation occurred.

Although Hurricane Isaias has a projected path shifting eastward, Mississippi is still very much in the area of effect.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation is expecting severe impacts on Mississippi roadways, and they're urging residents to stay up to date on road conditions.

Brad White, MDOT executive director here.

As you probably know, Hurricane Isaias has formed in the Gulf and is expecting to impact the Mississippi Gulf Coast starting later today.

Impacts are also possible further inland.

If you're in South Mississippi, stay tuned to local forecast for the latest, and I'm urging everyone to take a few minutes to download the MDOT Traffic app.

Along with mdottraffic.com, you'll be able to check the latest road conditions in your area in real time.

Mississippi is expecting heavy rainfall, dangerous hurricane force winds, and life-threatening storm surge along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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MDOT started work on a new $35.2 million welcome center along I-10 in Jackson County in September.

They've also secured a $44 million federal grant to expand a freight corridor on I-55 and I-69 in DeSoto County from four lanes to 10.

MDOT Executive Director Brad White.

The legislature has taken great steps to help equip us to be a, a true department of transportation, where we have some revenue that we work with our ports and our airports and our rail lines and our public transit partners, uh, to be sure that the non-highway modes of transportation have some state revenue that could go into, to their initiatives and help tap and draw down more federal money for them within their own interest and all.

An October 20th public hearing is scheduled at the Pearlington Recovery Center in Hancock County regarding proposed bridge replacements over the Pearl River system.

The program was funded through the 2022 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Wicker's office said the senator worked with the DeSoto County leaders and the Mississippi Department of Transportation to secure it.

Now, the project covers the stretch of I-55 to I-69 that runs past South Haven and Horn Lake between, as I said, Church Road and Goodman Road interchanges.

According to the announcement, the plan calls for three new travel lanes in each direction, so not, again, three new ones, taking the corridor from four lanes to ten.

If hit by mowers, these signs could become projectiles.

MDOT will remove any illegally placed signs and store them at a local maintenance facility for two weeks before being disposed of.

Candidates can get these signs back from MDOT without penalty.

MDOT's goal is to keep the traveling public safe every season.

We just need your help to do so.

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