No matter where you drive in most of Mississippi in the next few weeks, you will encounter new and challenging potholes thanks to the Great Ice Strom of 2021.
Last weekâs severe winter weather will make a lasting impact on Mississippiâs already compromised infrastructure system â particularly on roads and bridges â and will exacerbate the need for more comprehensive means to repair and restore the stateâs overall infrastructure system.
Mississippi isnât alone in the struggle to improve infrastructure. Congress faces some difficult decisions not just on roads and bridges but on the future of the nationâs pipelines, airports, urban and rural water systems. Another extremely vital part of Americaâs necessary infrastructure truly hasnât yet been fully built the first time in our state â broadband access â but the need for it has been brought home to everyone in the nation during the COVID-19 pandemic.