The recovery from Hurricane Katrina will soon take a major step forward as the Mississippi Dept. of Transportation awards contracts to replace two major bridges destroyed by the storm.
Contracts for a new Ocean Springs - Biloxi Bridge and a new Bay St. Louis Bridge, both on U.S. Highway 90, will be awarded January 24. Mississippi DOT set a deadline for the submission of the technical proposal on Jan. 13. Pricing must be submitted by January 23. Both contracts will be awarded independently but on identical schedules. The winners will be chosen on a best-value basis and be given a notice to proceed on February 3.