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Senate wants to spend $300 million on emergency bridge, road repairs

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February 25, 2022

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Senate wants to spend $300 million on emergency bridge, road repairs

by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today
February 25, 2022

The Senate has unanimously voted to add $300 million to the state's Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Program.

The proposal, which could speed repair of more than 200 bridges statewide that are closed and/or posted for structural problems, now heads to the House.

“Right now, we have millions of dollars in federal relief funds flowing through our economy,” said Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann. “Our cities, counties and constituents have asked us to dedicate our resources to better maintaining our infrastructure. We are listening and hope to send this legislation to the governor posthaste.”

But the legislation is also likely to get hung up in House and Senate debate over major income tax cuts and other spending decisions.

Senate Bill 3167, authored by Senate Appropriations Chairman Briggs Hopson, would direct $300 million of $1.1 billion in surplus state revenue this year into the program. The Legislature passed the emergency repair program in 2018, with hundreds of state bridges in dangerous disrepair, and initially funded it with $250 million in borrowing. Lawmakers spent another $89 million on the program last year.

The ERBR Program is run by the Mississippi Department of Transportation and an advisory board of industry and local government leaders.

This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.

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www.wjtv.com – Tia McKenzie – 2024-04-18 17:12:30

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www.wcbi.com – Joey Barnes – 2024-04-18 16:53:40

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