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June 17, 2008

Tupelo airport lands $5.4M for runway

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 6/17/8 The U.S. Department of Transportation on Monday released a $5.4 million grant to the Tupelo Regional Airport to widen its runway from 100 feet to 150 feet. The work also will strengthen the runway’s weight-bearing capacity from 90,000 pounds to 200,000 pounds, thus allowing greater cargo-carrying capacity. Sen. Thad…
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June 17, 2008

State to review port expansion plan

The Sun Herald, 6/17/8 A revised expansion strategy for the Port of Gulfport has been sent to the state for review, but officials are being tight-lipped as to exactly what’s in the new plan. Gov. Haley Barbour said the Port of Gulfport should consider a southward expansion instead of its most recent plan to go…