Transportation Commission tables rail multimodal agreement, reviews dozens of highway and transit contracts

The Mississippi Transportation Commission moved to table a proposed rail multimodal agreement and took up dozens of contract and program authorizations at its meeting. Commissioners reviewed work assignments, supplemental construction agreements and transit program actions affecting projects across multiple counties, and approved a motion to enter an executive session to discuss two workers' compensation matters and a property matter.

Commissioners deferred action on a proposed rail multimodal agreement with the Rail Authority of East Mississippi, which had listed a not-to-exceed fee of $350,014.21 for FY2024 site selection, preliminary engineering and property acquisition tied to a new rail car storage area. A commissioner moved to "table. Table. Second. Subject to call," and the chair said the item would be sent back for further review.

The meeting included presentations of numerous authorizations and contract actions. Staff presented work assignments and supplemental agreements for bridge and highway work: a roadway design work assignment (not to exceed $147,954.46) for replacement of three bridges on Mississippi Highway 354 in Tippett County; a hydraulic engineering work assignment (not to exceed $366,440.12) for three bridges…