Jasper County makes huge strides in 2023 and more coming in 2024

Airport upgrades, I-95 widening, major infrastructure improvements key to Jasper County in 2023-24

Continuing expansion of the Ridgeland-Claude Dean Airport, including an enlarged parking apron for planes, a fuel farm and automated weather station, and the first steps toward widening Interstate 95 through Jasper County were among major infrastructure improvements across the county in 2023.

For 2024, county leaders expect to find a site for the BMX bike tract project, finalize construction of the airport’s fuel farm, address concerns about the animal shelter, adopt new growth management policies, and begin the Pratt Memorial Library renovation project in Ridgeland. Click here for the full story