Department of Transportation awards grants to Mississippi
GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV)- Senator Roger Wicker is welcoming a series of federal grants that brings $22 million to the Magnolia State.
The Department of Transportation awarded funding to the George County Board of Supervisors, giving over $1 million to study the possible grade separation or elimination of two railroad crossings.
The City of Biloxi is also receiving $600,000 to construct continuous sidewalk and pedestrian safety improvements along the south side of Pass Road.
That work would stretch from McDonnell Avenue to west of Tara Lane.