TIGER grant for MSU

WASHINGTON, DC - Mississippi State University will receive $7M Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation for development of a nearly two-mile multi-modal corridor along Hightower Road to “help alleviate gridlock and improve safety for students … and Starkville residents,” said U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.). The grant will allow MSU to develop the corridor project, a north-south passage, which will incorporate sidewalks, bike lanes, transit shelters, traffic signal improvements, and street lighting on the eastern perimeter of the MSU campus. Congress annually appropriates funding for TIGER grants, which are awarded on a competitive and matching fund basis, and directed toward projects expected to have an economic impact. Since 2009, Mississippi has received nearly $100M in TIGER funds. (Source: WJTV 03/06/18)