HB1196 (As Passed the House) - 1999 Regular Session

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representatives Horne, Smith (27th)

House Bill 1196
(As Passed the House)

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 A CERTAIN PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI 7 IN THE CITY OF OXFORD AND LAFAYETTE COUNTY; TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN EXITS AT CERTAIN POINTS ALONG MISSISSIPPI 25 IN LEAKE COUNTY; TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN ADDITIONAL SECTION OF HIGHWAY IN LAWRENCE AND MARION COUNTIES AS A PART OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND TO PLACE IT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION; TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF CONSTRUCTING A CERTAIN FOUR-LANE CORRIDOR IN HARRISON COUNTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. (1) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall construct to department design standards, shall perform such reconstruction as may be required to existing highways and shall acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain proceedings such property as may be necessary to provide four (4) lanes for traffic on and along the following locations:

Central District - Lauderdale County:

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 the Town of Marion.

Northern District - Lafayette County:

Mississippi 7 beginning at the south end of the current Mississippi 7 bypass in the City of Oxford and extending southerly to the intersection of Mississippi 7 and Mississippi 9.

(2) The mileage of highway specifically designated in subsection (1) of this section shall be under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance and, together with the highways designated in Sections 65-3-3 and 65-3-5, and all other laws adding links to the state designated highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi.

(3) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall construct and maintain appropriate exits in Leake County from Mississippi 25 to the frontage road, which is Old Mississippi 25, located east of the bridge on Mississippi 25 crossing Mississippi 35. Further, the Mississippi Department of Transportation shall clearly identify these exits by erecting the proper signs showing where the exits will take a motorist. This construction shall be done as soon as possible.

SECTION 2. (1) The mileage of highway specifically designated in subsection (2) of this section is in addition to the total mileage limitation of eight thousand six hundred (8,600) miles that is set out in Section 65-3-3.

(2) The following highway is designated as a state highway and is placed under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Transportation Commission for construction and maintenance; and

such highway, together with the highways designated in Sections 65-3-3 and 65-3-5, and all other laws adding links to the designated state highway system, are declared to be the state highway system of Mississippi:

Southern District - Lawrence and Marion Counties:

An extension of Mississippi 44 beginning at its intersection with Mississippi 27 in Lawrence County and extending easterly across the Pearl River to Mississippi 13 in Marion County.

(3) The Mississippi Transportation Commission shall maintain, construct, take over and assume jurisdiction of the highway designated in subsection (1) of this section in the same manner and upon the same terms and conditions as set out in Sections 65-1-75, 65-3-3, 65-9-1 and 65-9-3.

SECTION 3. The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall implement a study of the feasibility of constructing a four-lane, east/west corridor in Harrison County from the Jackson County line to the Harrison County line.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1999.