MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative Horne

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONSTRUCT TO FOUR LANES FOR HIGHWAY TRAFFIC A CERTAIN PORTION OF OLD U.S. HIGHWAY 45 IN THE CITY OF MERIDIAN AND LAUDERDALE COUNTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall construct to four (4) lanes for highway traffic that portion of Old U.S. Highway 45 beginning in the City of Meridian at or near the old Coca Cola Company and extending northerly approximately two (2) miles to just beyond the Town of Marion.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1999.