Stimulus boosts west Miss. roads
JACKSON, Miss. — Seven stimulus-funded projects totaling $23.2 million have been let in west Mississippi, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation. They include:
• grade, drain, and bridge work on State Route 8 in Sunflower and Bolivar counties;
• widening and overlay work on State Route 1 in Bolivar County;
• widening and overlay work on State Route 8 from Cleveland to Ruleville, Miss.;
• widening and overlay work on State Route 27 in Copiah County;
• improvements to the Interstate 55 Rest Area in Holmes County;
• overlay work on State Route 438 in Washington County; and
• widening and overlay work on U.S. Highway 49 in Yazoo County.
The State Route 8 work marks the beginning of a project designed to create a four-lane system connecting U.S. Highway 49 in Ruleville, Miss., to Highway 61 in Cleveland, Miss.
The stimulus money is also going toward upgrades of pavement sections that were beginning to show signs of duress, MDOT officials said.
MDOT has received nearly $354.6 million total in federal stimulus money. To date, $300.2 million has been obligated, and $54.5 million remains to be obligated.
