$56M plan propsed to improve flood control and erosion in Mississippi

The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers has released a work plan that includes nearly $56 million in water projects during this budget year in Mississippi including some for flood control.

The state’s two Republican U.S. senators, Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, both endorsed this project. The list includes $3 million for maintenance dredging at the Port of Gulfport. It also has $3.6 million for waste water treatment in fast-growing DeSoto County on the northern end of the state.

Also included is more than $27 million for projects intended to reduce flooding and erosion in the Delta.

Chris Gallegos, a spokesman for Hyde-Smith, said the list does not include money for a massive pump project that has long been debated in the Yazoo Basin.