Mississippi's plans to transfer $600 million from post-Katrina housing assistance to restore the Port of Gulfport came under scrutiny in a congressional hearing Thursday as three lawmakers said the diversion hurts efforts to provide desperately needed housing for the state's poor.
The first non stop business flight from Charlotte, N.C., was christened with water cannons when it landed at the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport Monday morning.
Grief-stricken families and anxious motorists have demanded a traffic light at a dangerous intersection here for years.
Fearing a reconstruction disaster, city leaders today are expected to ask the state Department of Transportation for full cooperation in putting Gulfport's roads and utilities back together.
Former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale told transportation leaders Monday that tactfulness is one of the most important characteristics of good leadership.
The state Department of Transportation said the new Biloxi Bay Bridge should open as scheduled sometime Thursday night following giant, daylong celebrations on each side of the bay.
When the new Biloxi Bay Bridge opens Thursday, motorists will notice a slight bend at each end of the 1.6-mile span.
Despite three rulings that she was unjustly fired for political reasons and $114,000 in legal costs to taxpayers, the Mississippi Department of Transportation is continuing to fight rehiring former employee Shirley Rutland.
Drivers should be able to travel by bridge from Bay St. Louis to Pass Christian in May, if construction on the U.S. 90 bridge stays on schedule. The bridge over Biloxi Bay may even open its first two lanes weeks early, in October.
Building a bridge is no simple task. Consider this. So much concrete is being used in the new Biloxi Ocean Springs Bridge that the 86,000 cubic yards would be enough to pour a sidewalk from here to Greenville.
County supervisors decided Tuesday to talk with the Ocean Springs School System before building a bridge over a school campus that doesn't exist.
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South Mississippi's transportation landscape will look vastly different by the end of next year.
The state port at Gulfport will enter into a 39-month agreement with DuPont for its ore-handling business, giving the company an interim fix while long-term solutions are sought.
A new connector highway linking Biloxi to Interstate 10 is on hold without any timetable for when it will be built, said Southern Transportation Commissioner Wayne Brown.
An era will end at the State Port Authority at Gulfport today.
Granite Archer Western used a flurry of numbers and extensive tours to update local officials on the progress of the new U.S. 90 bridge over the Bay of St. Louis on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON - Dubai Ports World, the company whose planned takeover of major U.S. port operations ignited a political firestorm earlier this year, has agreed to sell those operations to AIG Global Investment Group.
MDOT hopes to have the Mississippi 26 bridge over the Pascagoula River in George County reopened as soon as Monday.
The state port at Gulfport has seen its containerized shipping volume return to pre-Katrina levels, but other segments have lagged because of the destruction of warehouses and freezers.
Some George County school kids and bus drivers will be among those inconvenienced by Monday morning's accident that knocked a bridge out of commission.
During a safety lecture to a bunch of VIPs on board the new Bay of St. Louis ferry last month, a crew member joked about the shallow waters it would be operating in.
Wednesday's severe weather was way over the threshold for the free ferry over the Bay of St. Louis to operate.
Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport officials are starting to hear more complaints about construction tangling up operations, but they're asking for patience.
Edgewater Mall and its neighboring businesses will be able to hope soon that the long lines at the Eisenhower Drive-Switzer Drive intersection are strictly the result of a busy Christmas shopping season.
The State Port Authority tabled decisions on lease issues at its monthly meeting Thursday, intending to negotiate a new lease for the Island View Casino and postponing a decision with DuPont.
The State Port Authority could make two adjustments to its leases with tenants at this morning's monthly commission meeting.
MDOT pulled projects from its bid cycle, at the last minute, that would have installed new traffic signals on U.S. 90 in Harrison County last month.
Commuting to work at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula gets easier and cheaper for 23 folks starting today.
A layman's evaluation of construction progress on the new U.S. 90 bridge here has taken a leap over the last month or so.
