LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Lowndes County Supervisors are working to decrease traffic and road hazards between the port and the Industrial Park.

At today’s regular meeting, the Board of Supervisors approved entering into an agreement with the Maritime Administration for a project at the West Bank Port.

The county is securing about $14 million worth of grants for the work.

One project will expand a rail line from the port to sites in the Industrial Park, including Steel Dynamics.

Currently, scrap metal coming in is moved by truck to the steel mill.

The rail line would help decrease large truck traffic in the area.

Debris coming off of those trucks has also caused issues for drivers in the area and for the county, which has been working to clean up some of that debris.

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