What are the Likely Follow-on Plans? 
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We believe the likely follow-on plans are to widen Atkinson Rd to a super 2 lane or 3 lane road. 

The Gulf Regional Planning Commission (GRPC) has previously identified these projects in the Roadway Project Staged Improvement Program listed in the table below and has funded a study for the new connector and alternate truck route.   

** Gulf Coast Area Transportation Study (GCATS) 
   Roadway Project Staged Improvement Program      

IDProject LengthCost      
253   Popps Ferry Rd. Extension (Pass Rd to US 90)    .75mi$  4,678,730 

252   Popps Ferry Rd Bridge (New Bridge 4 - 6 lanes)       1.02mi   31,839,667

254   Popps Ferry Rd South (Bridge to Pass Rd.)  .72mi      2,210,400

         Popps Ferry Rd North (Bridge to Margaret Sherry)    .??mi       ?,???,???

256a  WoolMarket to Popps Ferry Rd (4-6 lanes)        1.48mi  66,198,733

257    Atkinson Rd. (Popps Ferry to Jim Money(2 -3 lanes)  .83mi     2,091,600

An Excerpt from the transportation section of the Vision 2020 Plan

MAJOR THOROUGHFARES PLAN

THE RECOMMENDED MAJOR THOROUGHFARES PLAN FOR BILOXI AND THE UNINCORPORATED BALANCE OF ITS ADJACENT PLANNING AREA IS ILLUSTRATED ON AN ACCOMPANYING DISPLAY MAP. THE GENERAL CONCEPT OF THE PLAN IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ROADWAY CAPACITY THROUGH A COMBINATION OF NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION, CAPACITY ENLARGEMENT OF EXISTING ROADS, REDESIGNATION AND RECONFIGURATION OF ROADS FROM ONE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION TO ANOTHER, REDEVELOPMENT OF THE POPP'S FERRY, BRIDGE TO OVERCOME ITS INHERENT PROBLEMS, CONSTRUCTION OF TWO ADDITIONAL MAJOR BRIDGES AND RAISED ROADWAYS AS NECESSARY TO CROSS WATER BODIES SEPARATING THE:.PENINSULA PORTION OF THE CITY FROM THE CEDAR LAKE AND WOOLMARKET INTERCHANGES WITH INTERSTATE 10, DEVELOPMENT OF RAILROAD GRADE SEPARATIONS AT ELEVEN LOCATIONS AND UPGRADING OF CITY REGULATIONS AND ROADWAY DESIGN…………

Note: Atkinson Rd and Old Bay will be designated collector roads.

                        Click here to link to the Vision 2020 Plan - Transportation starts around page 75