Transportation commission approves multiple contracts and is warned of possible stop‑work notices if state budget lapses

The Mississippi Transportation Commission approved a broad package of contracts, work assignments, supplemental agreements and legal authorizations and heard an update from staff warning that a state budget impasse — and a possible drafting error in House Bill 1 — could require MDOT to send stop‑work notices and could reduce department revenues by millions of dollars.

Commission members voted to adopt the agenda, which included authorization for multiple consultant and construction‑related contracts across the state and several legal and real‑property actions. The commission also heard from a staff member who outlined federal requirements that would follow if the state does not pass a budget before the fiscal year begins July 1.

The agenda items approved included small purchase and work assignment contracts for preconstruction and design services, ratifications of class 1 and class 2 supplemental agreements, a pavement condition survey contract, purchases for intelligent transportation systems, vehicle disposals under Federal Transit Administration procedures, and multiple legal authorizations. Notable line items read into the record included an authorization not to exceed $29,738.28 for a phase A build inspection contract with Radcliff Engineering LLC for the I‑10/Mississippi Highway 605 interchange in Harrison County and a professional services contract with Pathway Services for a statewide pavement condition survey not to exceed…