Jackson Jambalaya

 Mississippi Department of Transportation Commissioner Bradley White and Fox 13 Memphis are having a little disagreement.  Fox 13 reported: 

Mississippi state leaders spoke out Thursday on what went wrong after two interstates in northern Mississippi and at least one state highway had to shut down for the better part of three days. MDOT Executive Director Brad White said pre-treatment went as planned but admitted to messing up after sending personnel and resources to other counties. By the time the agency moved those resources back to the interstates, it was all ice.

 

The Executive Director did not take too kindly to the news story and fired back with a response: 

“Sadly, this news outlet is wrong about me saying we made a mistake sending resources to all affected areas of the state. I don’t regret sending crews to the Delta and NE MS. They deserved help too. And, by the way, crews were never pulled from I55 nor I22 in north MS.

As of last night, MDOT has nearly 400 of our team members without power, and in some cases water. Yet, they’ve been on the roads and bridges working nonstop to get them open so people from the Mississippi River to the Alabama line could have access to emergency services as well as allowing power companies to get to the impacted areas. I will never be able to say enough how proud I am of our people. They represent all that’s good about public service.