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Projects to be Funded with $250M in Mississippi State Debt

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Here's a look at individual projects included in $250 million in proposed state borrowing in House Bill 1729. Universities would get $69.2 million total, while community colleges would get $25 million:

— Mississippi State University music building: $10 million.

— University of Mississippi science center: $10 million.

— Delta State University Zeigel Hall renovation: $7.9 million.

— Alcorn State University staff housing: $7.5 million.

— Mississippi Valley State University Edna Horton Hall renovation: $7.5 million.

— University of Mississippi Medical Center: $7.5 million.

— Mississippi University for Women demonstration school renovation: $7.1 million.

— Mississippi State University dairy science and poultry science complex: $4 million.

— College Board Education and Research Center repairs: $1.6 million

— Ingalls Shipbuilding improvements: $45 million.

— Community colleges: $25 million.

— Local bridge replacement: $20 million.

— Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Museum of Mississippi History: $16.6 million.

— Mississippi Development Authority economic development and housing funds: $15 million.

— Renovations to Mississippi Coliseum, build new Mississippi Trade Mart: $10 million.

— East Mississippi State Hospital: $7.5 million

— State government buildings: $5.5 million.

— Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center in Meridian: $5 million.

— Build middle school for Starkville-Oktibbeha school district at Mississippi State University: $5 million.

— Mississippi Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund: $2.5 million.

— Small municipalities: $2.5 million.

— Byram-Clinton parkway: $1.8 million.

— Access road for Flowood convention center: $1.6 million.

— Ross Barnett Reservoir seawall replacement: $1.6 million.

— Buy land and construct buildings for economic development in Tate County: $1.4 million

— Walking and bike trails, hunting and firing ranges at Columbus Air Force Base: $1.1 million.

— Renovate old farmer's market for Mississippi food hub: $1 million.

— Connect existing buildings and build memorial garden at B.B. King Museum, Indianola: $800,000.

— Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Tupelo: $750,000.

— Merrill Salem Road Bridge repair, Lucedale: $750,000.

— Philadelphia bypass: $750,000.

— Ridge Road repairs, Itawamba County: $750,000.

— Loan fund to revitalize areas of cities with less than 15,000 residents: $700,000.

— DeSoto County dam repair: $625,000.

— Brookhaven fire station: $625,000.

— Vicksburg tourism projects: $500,000

— Mississippi Native American Museum, Kosciusko: $500,000.

— Lowndes County horse center $400,000.

— Alcorn County railroad hub development: $400,000.

— Natchez Seminary renovations: $400,000.

— Widen Parklane Road and move water and sewer lines, McComb: $375,000.

— Mississippi Science Exploration Center, Hattiesburg: $340,000.

— Hattiesburg Zoo: $305,000.

— Tishomingo County horse center: $300,000.

— Pontotoc city visitors center: $300,000.

— Pontotoc Cultural Heritage Center: $300,000.

— Oakland-Yalobusha County Natural Gas District gas line extension: $300,000.

— Meadville sewer system: $260,000.

— Wastewater treatment in Big Black River basin, Hinds County: $250,000.

— Wilkinson County school district infrastructure: $200,000.

— Marshall County infrastructure: $200,000.

— Jackson Zoo: $200,000.

— Lighting for Saltillo city sports fields: $150,000.

— Decatur city infrastructure: $150,000.

— Ocean Springs infrastructure: $150,000.

— Winston County hospital tornado replacement: $150,000.

— Robert Johnson historic sites, Hazlehurst: $100,000.

— McComb recreation center: $100,000.

— Mississippi Maritime Museum, Pascagoula: $100,000.

— Fulton town infrastructure: $100,000.

— New Albany bicycle trails: $100,000.

— Chickasaw County health department renovation: $100,000.

— Lincoln County Civic Center infrastructure: $100,000.

— Calhoun County infrastructure: $100,000.

— Jackson police: $100,000.

— Senatobia interstate interchange landscaping: $100,000.

— University of Mississippi Medical Center Urgent Care Clinic, Humphreys County: $100,000.

— Laurel street repairs: $100,000.

— Heidelberg street repairs: $100,000.

— Alcorn County school district baseball field lights: $50,000.

— Terry historic preservation: $50,000.

— Tunica County Civic Center infrastructure: $50,000.

— Utica infrastructure: $50,000.

— Edwards infrastructure: $50,000.

— Bolton community center: $50,000.

— Manhattan and Vine Street parks renovations, Jackson: $31,000.

Source: House Bill 1729

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