Canal Road Connector - Not Our Road - GCN Special Report: "This past week Gulfport’s Mayor and City Council went on record opposing the Mississippi Department of Transportation plan to build an elevated road through the heart of the city. Called the Canal Road Connector, Mayor Brent Warr in a recent press conference April 10, told the public and MDOT, “This is not their road, it is OUR road!” (Emphasis, Brent Warr)
Warr is alarmed, and rightly so, that MDOT’s road will create a deadzone and blighted area through the heart of the city.
But while Warr may think it is “our” road, it unfortunately, is not, as far as MDOT is concerned and according to documents researched by GulfCoastNews.com.
MDOT’s insistence over how they are going to build the Canal Road Connector stems not from a need to help improve the Coast’s transportation system, nor ease traffic congestion here, or even to improve the Coast’s overall economy.
The purpose, according to records reviewed by GCN, is to make it easier for South American goods arriving to the port in Gulfport to pass through the Coast (and Mississippi) on its way to other parts of the nation. The road will serve no other purpose."
Oh but I'm sure that the MDOT won't be using any of that federal Katrina recovery cash for this little project... right?
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