JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) announced the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has awarded grant funds through the Emergency Relief Program to the following:
| RECIPIENT/AIRPORT | AMOUNT | Purpose |
| Mississippi Department of Transportation | $1,044,691.76 | Funds will be used for eligible highway repair work due to February 2019 flooding events. The following counties were affected by this event: Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Clarke. Clay, Grenada, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Leflore, Lincoln, Lowndes, Madison, Montgomery, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Rankin, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tishomingo, Tunica, Warren, Washington, Webster, Yalobusha, and Yazoo. |
| National Park Services | $8,000,000.00 | Repair of road damages at Vicksburg National Military Park, MS and Natchez Trace National Parkway MS that occurred as a result of extreme weather and significant storm and flooding events in February 2020. |
| U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | $41,963.00 | Repair of road damages at various refuges as a result of extreme weather and significant storm and flooding events in February 2019. |
| Mississippi Department of Transportation | $749,010.23 | Repair of roadways throughout State due to April 2020 Flooding and Storms. |
| Mississippi Department of Transportation | $12,952,530.44 | Repair of roadways throughout State due to February 2020 heavy rains and severe flooding. |
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