Coastal News Today | MS - Wicker & Hyde-Smith Praise $9.1 Million Contract To Correct Erosion At Natchez National Cemetery
Below is a press release from Senators Hyde-Smith and Wicker: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the award of a $9.1 million contract to expedite an emergency bluff stabilization project at the Natchez National Cemetery. The Mississippi lawmakers worked with the Veterans Affairs Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and city officials to secure the contract, which was expedited after federal officials in mid-July designated a serious erosion at the cemetery as an emergency. “I appreciate the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Depa...