Congress OKs $439 Million For Mississippi Barrier Islands

Mississippi Congress That's how much the Corps of Engineers' estimates it will take to rebuild Ship Horn and Petit Bois islands.
by The Associated Press
Published: Fri, June 19, 2009 - 12:32 pm CST Last Updated: Fri, June 19, 2009 - 12:35 pm CST
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The spending bill that Congress sent to
President Barack Obama on Thursday includes $439 million to restore
a 45-mile stretch of Mississippi's barrier islands.
After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Congress authorized the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers to develop the Mississippi Coastal
Improvements Program. The program calls for a variety of coastal
improvements, including the restoration of Ship, Horn and Petit
Bois islands.
The money is in response to the Corps of Engineers' estimate of
the amount needed for island rebuilding. Republican Sen. Roger
Wicker says the barrier islands act as Mississippi's first line of
defense against the storm surge of a hurricane.


(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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