Popps Ferry Causeway Park update

Coast residents have been waiting for the Popps Ferry Causeway Park to open for the last 30 years.

After the ribbon cutting has been pushed back two different times, eager park-goers are still waiting. Public Affairs Officer for the City of Biloxi Vincent Creel tells News 25 while the park looks like it is good to go there are still some minor finishing touches to be done before it can open.

Creel also says on Tuesday it was announced the vendors for the park bait shop would be the same people who own the Fillin’ Station in downtown Biloxi.  “It is going to be a bait shop, a kayak rental, but on top of that it is essentially going to be a restaurant. It’s going to have a liquor license. It’s going to serve beer and wine and the city is also making that a leisure area out there.”

The city says the park should open in the next 30 days, but no date on when the bait shop will open.