U.S. DOT awards $9.4 million for Mississippi and Missouri transportation improvements

Nov. 24, 2009

Nine highway projects in Mississippi and Missouri will receive $9.4 million from the Federal Highway Administration’s Delta Region Transportation Development Program (DRTDP).

“Investments like these will not only improve the safety of the Delta Region’s highways, they will also strengthen its economy and put people back to work,” said U.S Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.

Nine highway projects in Mississippi and Missouri will receive $9.4 million from the Federal Highway Administration’s Delta Region Transportation Development Program (DRTDP).

“Investments like these will not only improve the safety of the Delta Region’s highways, they will also strengthen its economy and put people back to work,” said U.S Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.

Created in 2005 as a provision of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, the program provides up to $10 million each year for highway projects in the eight states that make up the Delta Region: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.

Projects receiving DRTDP funds this year include:

Mississippi

Greenwood: $1,425,000 to help a build new connector between U.S. Highways 49/82 and State Highway 7 in the city of Greenwood. The project will improve access to downtown Greenwood, local hospitals and schools.

Hinds County: $1,425,000 to replace pavement on Siwell Road to extend the useful life of this segment of road, a key link in the 18-mile-long corridor connecting the Norrell Road Interchange on I-20 to the Byram-Clinton Multimodal Corridor on I-55.

Cleveland: $950,000 to help build a new boulevard connecting Highway 8 to Delta State University, relieving traffic in adjacent neighborhoods.

Natchez: $607,623 to help build 2 miles of shared-use trail for pedestrians and bicyclists along St. Catherine Street, Main Street, Martin Luther King Jr. Street and Franklin Street. This project also will widen nearby sidewalks and install curb ramps for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Missouri

Poplar Bluff: $2,102,386 to help build a bypass around Poplar Bluff to the Industrial Park to reduce the number of large freight carriers currently using streets downtown and in residential areas.

Shannon and Carter Counties: $950,000 will help build new shoulders and replace pavement on S.R. 60 to extend the useful life of the westbound lane from Rte. M in Shannon County to Rte. C in Carter County. The route is heavily traveled by an estimated 10,000 vehicles daily, many of which are commercial trucks.

Pemiscot County: $950,000 to help upgrade pavement and shoulders at I-55 interchange at S.R. 84. The interchange currently serves an estimated 19,000 drivers, about half of which are heavy commercial trucks.

Perry, St. Genevieve and Cape Girardeau counties: $607,573 will help to replace pavement and improve shoulders on S.R. 61 between Fruitland and Jefferson County.

Stoddard County: $342,418 for paving of several sections of Stoddard County roads that are currently gravel.

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