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Transportation Commissioner Willie Simmons outlines $200M‑scale recurring funding, project starts in Central Mississippi
Summary
Central District Transportation Commissioner Willie Simmons said recent legislation — including House Bill 1 and removal of a lottery revenue sunset — will provide recurring dollars for repairs and capacity projects and that MDOT aims to start several major projects this year, including an I‑55 widening in Madison County and a $177M I‑20 design‑build in Jackson.
Commissioner Willie Simmons of the Mississippi Department of Transportation said this week that a package of recent legislative actions will give the agency recurring funds for maintenance and capacity projects across central Mississippi.
"We should get pretty close to $200,000,000 from that," Simmons said of the recurring revenue established in the 2025 measures, citing the benefits for planning and long‑term paving work.
Simmons told interviewer Cameron Smith that the legislature also allocated roughly $150,000,000 for capacity projects, approved a $40,000,000 match fund and freed more than $500,000,000 for the department’s maintenance program. He said the first $80,000,000 of lottery revenue will continue to flow to MDOT after the Legislature…
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