Traffic signal coming to Madison Central
Traffic signals at Madison Central and Lake Castle Road on the Highland Colony are part of $25.4 million in total grants awarded by the Metropolitan Planning Organization through the Central Mississippi Planning and Development District (CMPDD).
The funded projects in Madison County include:
• Madison — New traffic signal with geometric intersection improvements Highland Colony Parkway and Lake Castle Road at a cost of $710,330.
• Madison — New traffic signal at Highland Colony Parkway and Madison Central Drive at a cost of $352,000.
• Ridgeland — Resurfacing East County line Road from Wheatley Street to Old Canton Road at a cost of $1,840,000 ($460,000 matching funds).
• Ridgeland — Widening Lake Harbour Drive from Wolcott Circle to Highway 51 at a cost of $1,035,000 ($345,000 matching funds).
• Madison County – Yandell Road widening from Westfalen Drive to Madison Crossing Elementary at a cost of $2,432,333 ($608,083 matching funds).
• Flora — Resurfacing Pocahontas Road from Mississippi 22 to town limits at a cost of $479,587 ($119,897 matching funds).
Butch Lee, chairman of the Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Committee and Brandon’s mayor, said that the grants support a wide variety of projects.
“We are really pleased with this cycle of grant awards,” Lee said. “Funding approved today represents smart investments in community-based projects. This shows you how the region is working together to build a regional transportation network,” Lee said.
Through these projects, the MPO seeks to advance the region’s transportation goals to manage the relationship of transportation, community, and environment; improving and expanding transportation choices; improving safety on the regional system; and providing a reliable regional transportation system, Mike Monk, CEO of the CMPDD said.
“One important thing to note is this process is one step further toward implementation of the long-range transportation plan adopted by the MPO in November 2020. Each project selected represents only a small piece of a much larger long-term transportation plan,” Monk said.
Other projects include improvements to existing infrastructure, with roadway resurfacing projects along State Street in Jackson and Old Fannin Road in Rankin County.
Still other safety projects provide for upgrades to existing span wire traffic signals to mast arm traffic signals such as in Pearl at U.S. 80 and Highways 49 and 468.
Additionally, MPO grant funds were awarded for the repair of select bridge projects including the bridge replacement project on Gary Road in Byram and the Monument Street bridge in Jackson.
Funding for these projects is available through the Surface Transportation Program, which is funded by the U. S. Department of Transportation and administrated by the CMPDD through its MPO planning process.
Eligible jurisdictions in Hinds, Madison and Rankin counties submitted applications to CMPDD back in October 2021.
Combined, cities and counties receiving the $25.4 million in federal surface transportation grant funds have committed to provide over $6.4 million in local matching funds.