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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