Work along Highway 45 gets funding

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Source: The Commercial Dispatch

JACKSON — Work may soon begin on improvements to Highway 45 in Lowndes and Noxubee counties, as the state contracts with road builders to start highway projects being paid for by federal economic stimulus funds.

Highway 45 is among the highways the state Department of Transportation selected to get a share of $240 million provided in February by the U.S. Congress and President Obama to help stimulate the economy. The state last month began awarding contracts.

Poorhouse Road in Oktibbeha County is also up for getting a slice of the federal funds.

The Mississippi Transportation Commission on March 25 awarded a $12.3 million contract to overlay about 35 miles of U.S. 45 from Brooksville to the Kemper County line, according to MDOT records.

Read more: http://www.cdispatch.com/news/article.asp?aid=961

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Please note that this is Mississippi, a VERY red state.

[Bicoastal]

1. Wait, I thought Mississippi wasn't accepting stimulus money...

...but their highway gets funding? What gives?

[lamp_shade]

2. I got a "feel good" following 3 cement trucks thru town last weekend.