The issuance of $600 million in bonds was authorized by the Legislature in 1972 to develop a network of seven four-lane traffic corridors. The completion of these seven corridors was complicated by rising construction costs and lower tax revenues.
This report described the status of the highway corridor program as of February 29, 1976. Schedules and narrative dealing with construction, expenditures, and revenues to date as well as three possible projections over the life of the program comprised the first section of the report. The second section was a series of strip maps of the corridor system prepared by the State Highway Department and recompiled by the PEER Committee to include cost information.
For a paper copy of this report, contact PEER by telephone at 601-359-1226 or by e-mail at reports@peer.ms.gov.