Bill Text: MS SB2527 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Highways; require four-laning of portions of Highway 6 in Coahoma, Panola and Quitman Counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee [SB2527 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2023-SB2527-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Highways and Transportation; Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Jackson
Senate Bill 2527
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONSTRUCT AND RECONSTUCT TO FOUR LANES A PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 6 / U.S. HIGHWAY 278 IN COAHOMA, PANOLA AND QUITMAN COUNTIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall construct and reconstruct to department design standards and may acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain proceedings such property as may be necessary to provide four (4) lanes for traffic on and along the following location:
Northern District - Coahoma, Panola and Quitman Counties:
Mississippi Highway 6 / U.S. Highway 278 from Clarksdale to Batesville.
(2) The construction and reconstruction required by this section shall be completed by not later than January 1, 2024.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.
