JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – A revised study that evaluates multiple proposals to address flooding along the Pearl River in Hinds and Rankin County will be released later this week.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District announced that the Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Pearl River Basin will be published on July 3.
The study is one of several steps that must be completed before hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding can be used on a locally backed flood control project for the river…