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Committee clears bill allowing MDOT to sell two downtown Gulfport parcels to city
Summary
The Senate committee approved Senate Bill 2302, which would authorize the Mississippi Department of Transportation to sell two small downtown Gulfport parcels the department bought in the mid-2000s to the City of Gulfport so the city can continue current uses and maintenance.
Senator Thompson told the committee that Senate Bill 2302 would authorize the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to sell two parcels in downtown Gulfport to the City of Gulfport so the city can continue to use and maintain them. The parcels were purchased by MDOT around 2004–2005 as part of the Port Connector Road project, Thompson said.
The bill’s sponsor said the parcels have been used and maintained by the city for about 10 years, with irrigation, grass, and electrical hookups for vendors and events. “What 2302 would do would be to authorize MDOT to sell that property to the city of Gulfport, and, so that the city can continue to use and maintain it,” Senator Thompson said.
Thompson said he had spoken with MDOT Director White and the southern transportation commissioner and that neither opposed the sale. The committee chair moved for a final action on the bill and, after a voice vote, the committee carried the bill and will report it out to the floor.
No dollar amounts, detailed parcel legal descriptions, or specific statutory citations were provided in the committee discussion. The sponsor offered photographs of the parcels, and he described them as vacant pieces of land used for public-facing events and vendor hookups. The discussion did not record an individual roll-call vote; the committee adopted the motion by voice vote and the transcript records that the bill “will be reported out.”
Next steps: the bill will be reported to the full Senate for further consideration; the committee did not set or announce additional conditions or effective dates during the discussion.
