Senator Hyde-Smith believes rebuilding infrastructure is key to the future of Mississippi and the nation. She understands that aging highways, bridges, and basic public works infrastructure represents an impediment to public safety and economic growth. She includes the need for greater broadband access among these needs. Senator Hyde-Smith is committed to using her committee assignments to support responsible efforts to improve infrastructure, particularly in rural areas.
WLOX-TV Biloxi
$5.35M grant awarded for pedestrian bridge, tramway over Hwy 90 in Gulfport
By WLOX Staff
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - A $5.35 million grant has been awarded to the Coast Transit Authority to fund the final phase of construction for a bridge over U.S. 90 in downtown Gulfport.
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Starkville Daily News
East Oktibbeha Wastewater District nets more than $5M in funding for sewer expansion
By Ryan Phillips
A federal grant and loan will soon see sewer service improved and expanded for many in eastern Oktibbeha County.
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker...
WLOX-TV Biloxi
New bill aims to grow South Mississippi’s space industry
By WLOX Staff
HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Stennis Space Center’s key role in our nation’s exploration of space may be expanding.
Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith introduced the LIFT Act last week. The act’s full...
Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin
Hyde-Smith Announces $1.2M Grant For Sunflower County
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $1.2 million in federal disaster assistance to Sunflower County for roadway repairs associated with flood damage earlier this year.
The Federal...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $7.88 MILLION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO LOCAL AIRPORTS
Miss. Senators Detail Three Grants to Support Air Transportation Upgrades in Greenville, Hattiesburg & Oxford
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today announced the award of $7,878,974 for improvements to three airports in Mississippi.
The U.S. Department of Transportation, on behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), will award the supplemental airport...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO ANNOUNCE $5.35 MILLION GRANT FOR DOWNTOWN GULFPORT BRIDGE
Mississippi Department of Transportation to Receive Additional $5.68 Million for Transit Improvements
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and U.S. Representative Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today announced the award of a $5,351,155 grant to the Coast Transit Authority (CTA) to fund the final phase of construction for a 1,100-foot bridge over U.S. 90/Beach...
WICKER & HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $19.7 MILLION FOR RURAL MISS. WATER, WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS
USDA Water and Waste Disposal Funding Awarded for Projects for Lauderdale, Marion, Oktibbeha, Pike & Wilkinson Counties, and City of Senatobia
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of more than $19.7 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development grants and low-interest loans to improve water and wastewater...
WITH HYDE-SMITH FIX, ENERGY COMMITTEE APPROVES GULF OF MEXICO REVENUE SHARING LEGISLATION
Miss. Senator Now Agrees to Cosponsor COASTAL Act to Increase Federal Offshore Revenue Payments to Mississippi
VIDEO: Hyde-Smith Discusses Amendment to Improve COASTAL Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted to send an important Gulf of Mexico revenue sharing bill to the full Senate, but only after the measure included her amendment to prohibit use of funding for...
Columbus Dispatch
Federal grant to fund $12.66M in improvements along Highway 182
By Tess Vrbin
About a mile of downtown Starkville along Highway 182, or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, will get a long-awaited makeover thanks to a $12.66 million federal grant, the largest infrastructure grant...
WLOX-TV Biloxi
$20 million granted for new overpass in Gulfport
By WLOX Staff
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a $20.46 million Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development grant to assist with construction of a new roadway and overpass in Gulfport.
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