Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement.
Governor Tate Reeves today announced he signed House Bill 1642 and Senate Bill 3120 which invest historic levels of funding toward the Mississippi Department of Transportation and infrastructure improvement projects across the state.
“This major investment by the state into our roads, bridges, airports, and other critical infrastructure will help grow Mississippi’s economy and create jobs,” said Governor Tate Reeves. “I’d like to thank the legislature for answering my call to commit a major investment toward infrastructure improvement and expansion projects across the state. We’re doing what it takes to attract more businesses and jobs to Mississippi.”
House Bill 1642 authorizes over $1.4 billion into the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT). This funding is earmark-free and ensures that the department has the flexibility needed to invest in the most effective transportation and construction projects across the state.
Senate Bill 3120 is a supplemental appropriation to MDOT which gives the department additional funding to tackle a range of major road, bridge, port, rail, and airport improvements across Mississippi. The legislation commits $450 million for capacity projects (a full list can be found below), $100 million for the Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund which supports local projects, $30 million for new multimodal fund (ports, airports, and rail), and $40 million in federal matching funds.
During a February press conference, Governor Reeves called for an investment by the legislature into additional capacity projects to jumpstart infrastructure improvements across the state.
The legislature answered that call and committed $450 million additional dollars to fund existing shovel-ready projects that were not currently funded in MDOT’s three-year plan.
This investment from Senate Bill 3120 will help fund:
- US 49 in Harrison County
- SR 15 in Tippah County
- SR 2 in Tippah County
- SR 19 in Neshoba County
- I-20 in Warren County (Flowers Interchange)
- US 90 in Jackson County
House Bill 1642 can be read in full here.
Senate Bill 3120 can be read in full here.
10 comments:
I just watched the video of the F-150 Lightning battery fire at the Ford factory. If you haven’t seen it, search for it. They had to file a FOIA request to get the first responders to release it. Ford tried really hard to suppress it. Just a holding lot full of brand new F-150 Lightnings burning white hot for hours. Meanwhile, the first responders are absolutely refusing to go anywhere near the chemical-fueled inferno. Clearly stating that they don’t have enough water to fight it. One of them exclaimed “You need an entire lake to put just one of those fuckers out!”
Just one Lithium battery fire releases more greenhouse gases than six Corollas driving 200k miles each.
Tate is a tool
Nothing in the delta?
Thank you, Governor Reeves and all involved! This is a milestone that’s been needed since the AHEAD program of the 1980s was the last comparable legislation. I personally have seen how our surrounding states have been leaving us in the dust with new highway and bridge construction. Not only will this create decent jobs for those in the construction industry but will ensure that our beautiful state will continue to attract tourists.
It’s a Win-Win.
How much of the 2 billion is allocated for friends of the governor and former athletes?
3:07 - helluva contribution you made to the discussion.
Speaking of tools...What's a battery fire got to do with the governor of the state of Mississippi.
12:05, the Delta and SW MS are economically dead, so why waste any money there for needless "projects"?
9:02 - Drive around some among the 19 Delta and part Delta counties. Lots of car dealerships (Noooobaddy), Ag Equipment sales businesses, restaurants, and entertainment venues for an economically dead region.
@9:02pm
The whole of Mississippi is "dead", and you don't even know it.
I guess the interstates thru Jackson don't matter
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