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Tunica County approves road projects, pays off leaf loader and outlines snow response
Summary
Tunica County supervisors on Jan. 29 approved a revised 4-year road plan, added several state-aid routes for prioritization and authorized a one-time payoff of a leaf loader. Road staff also updated the board on snow-and-ice clearing operations and emergency responses.
The Tunica County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 29 approved a set of road-department measures including a revised 2026 four-year plan, the addition of several state-aid routes and a one-time payoff of a county leaf loader.
The board voted to approve the road department's amended four-year plan and to "scribe" (add for state-aid consideration) White Oak Road (from Highway 4 to U.S. 61), Pritchard Road (from U.S. 61 to Highway 3) and Perry Road, which includes the stretch from the Casino Strip to U.S. 61. Ms. Stewart, the road department representative who presented the items, said some of the routes had appeared on state-aid reports for several years and that funds freed by a bridge project at Walnut Lake would allow the county to pursue additional road work.
The board also approved a one-time payoff of a county leaf loader to Central Bank. In presenting the request Ms. Stewart said the county would use proceeds from recent equipment sales to cover the balance and avoid additional financing. Ms. Stewart referenced an amount of "$142,007.34" in her remarks; the motion as stated during the meeting set the payoff at "$142,734.29," and the board approved the motion as presented.
On operations, Ms. Stewart gave a detailed update on the county's snow-and-ice response, describing equipment problems the crews had encountered and outlining current resources in use. "We have operating 2 dozers and 2 graders, plus our 2 plow trucks," Ms. Stewart said, adding smaller plow trucks with tailgate spreaders were also deployed. She said crews paused some clearing work to assist emergency responders at a structure fire and to free an ambulance stuck on Casino Strip, and emphasized the county's prioritization of life-saving responses over clearing operations.
The board's approvals were made by voice vote after motions were offered and seconded. The road-department items move the county toward identifying specific projects for state-aid funding and eliminate a planned multi-year financing obligation for the leaf loader.
The board did not set implementation dates for the added state-aid routes; Ms. Stewart said further scheduling and payment-finalization steps will follow once bridge project payments and weather conditions allow road crews to proceed.
