NATCHEZ, Miss. – The state Legislature last week earmarked $500,000 for Adams County’s Carthage Point Road to help pay for drainage repairs and flood-control measures.
The county thoroughfare that extends past the old International Paper site to the Mississippi River is prone to flooding.
The Legislature’s half-million-dollar allocation for Adams County is included in a $372 million infrastructure package for a long list of communities throughout Mississippi.
Adams County Supervisor Wes Middleton said the county board “is grateful to get that help. It’s much needed.”
The newly passed Local Improvements Projects Fund also includes $1 million for Natchez to correct various drainage problems in areas that include Concord Avenue, West Stiers Lane and Roselawn Drive.
House Bill 603 passed the Legislature on Saturday for the governor to sign into law. It has $8 million to further develop Lake Okhissa, the recreation venue 40 miles from Natchez in Franklin County. A public-private consortium has plans for building a 200-room lodge and conference center on the federal reservoir maintained by the U.S. Forest Service. The money allocated by the state Legislature is earmarked for the Scenic Rivers Development Alliance’s plans for Lake Okhissa.
HB 603 also includes infrastructure funds for other areas in southwest Mississippi: $2.5 million for Gloster, $8 million for Gloster Southern Railroad, $500,000 for Bude and $100,000 for Jefferson County.
The money is from the American Rescue Plan Act that Congress enacted in 2021 to help states recover from the economic impact of the COVID pandemic.
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