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Hardin County workshop urges officials, residents to map flood-prone sites to qualify for state funds
Summary
At a Nov. 18 special meeting, Melinda Smith of Trader and Associates told Hardin County officials and residents to place flood-prone locations on an interactive Natchez regional map so projects can be ranked for the 2028 regional plan and eligibility for Flood Infrastructure Fund and other state programs.
Hardin County officials met in a special Commissioners Court workshop on Nov. 18, 2025, to review development of the 2028 Natchez regional flood plan and how local projects can qualify for state flood infrastructure dollars. Melinda Smith, project manager and vice president at Trader and Associates, led the presentation and showed an interactive map the public and local officials can use to mark flood-prone sites.
Smith told the court that regional flood plans feed into a statewide plan and that projects must appear in the regional/state plans to be eligible for Flood Infrastructure Fund (FIF) awards. “You don't have to have an engineering degree … just drop a pen,” Smith said, describing the map tool and urging attendees to place “dots” that mark problem locations; technical staff will follow up to refine and, where appropriate, combine entries into larger regional projects.
Why it matters: Smith said two rounds of FIF and related programs have made more than $1.3 billion available statewide for studies, shovel-ready flood…
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