Interstate 269

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.

Phase three was I-269 to Hernando Commerce Street and expand I-55 from four lanes to six and reconstruct the entire Hernando interchange.

Phase one was immediate priority because the Goodman to Church corridor was already carrying roughly 70,000 vehicles per day.

In 2023, the funding began to come together.

So when you've seen some poles moving, clearing, and utility crews around that corridor, that's a part of preparing the area for the much larger interstate construction project.

Now, this year, on September 28th, Senator Roger Wicker announced that MDOT had secured a new $44 million federal, uh, INFRA grant for the project, and this is where some of the recent confusion has come from.

That $44 million is not a newly announced project extending I-55 from Church Road to I-269.

The trooper began chasing the vehicle and saw the suspect cut off multiple vehicles, change lanes recklessly, and still refuse to stop for Oakland police.

As the vehicle refused to stop, spike strips were set up at Highway 64 and Interstate 269 after the vehicle continued driving over the speed limit and ran a red light at Collierville-Arlington Road.

They came to a stop after the spike strips.

Two suspects were arrested, and the authorities identified the driver as Lysander Willis and the passenger as India Edwards.