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10/16/24  Until further notice,  no burning because of high winds and low humidity!  Cities in Harrison County are now under a red flag warning issued by the national Weather Service.

10/02/24  Popp’s Ferry Road Extension… Work on the $27M project is expected to begin in late 2024 or early 2025 and will take 20-24 months to complete.  Modifications to the Pass Road & Popp’s Ferry Road intersection to facilitate the traffic increase are included in the project.  Necaise Brothers Construction is the contractor for this project.  Image below is dated October 2020.

10/02/24 Intersection Popp’s Ferry & Pass Road… improvements associated with the Popp’s Ferry Road extension project.  Pass Road is left to right; Popp’s Ferry Road is top to bottom; North is at the top of the page.  (Click to enlarge)

09/28/24  Ward 5 meeting video   Meeting summary

09/21/24  September Vacancy Report (Tisdale)

09/20/24  Construction of The Picklr Biloxi (the former Hobby Lobby site) is underway… 15 indoor pickle ball courts

09/14/24  Council voted to increase water and sewer rates at the April 16^th Council meeting.  The increase will pay for increased water/sewer service north of Interstate 10 and replace all asbestos cement (“transite”) water pipes in west Biloxi.  Most residential water customers use 3,000 gal/mo or less. To see an example of how the water/sewer rate increase is calculated   Click here

09/14/24   Special Events for the Month of October (Biloxi Police Department)

09/11/24  The City’s FY2025 Tax Levy (millage) and Budget were approved at yesterday’s Council meeting; there was no increase in the City’s Tax Levy, it remains at 30.10.  See the documents: Departmental Budgets, Statement of Revenues, Combined Funds Statement & Non-Departmental expenditures

05/08/24  Hotel (about 100 rooms) proposed for the former site of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer at the corner of Bellman Street and Highway 90.

03/31/24  Petit Bois Cove Townhomes development; 62 residential lots upon 5.05 acres located between Rue Palafox & Rue Petit Bois, east of Eisenhower Drive.  Drawing 1  Drawing 2