Although the Highway 42 four-laning project through Petal – which began on June 10 of last year – originally was scheduled to be completed by June of this year, “that’s not going to happen,” Mayor Hal Marx said this week. Marx and newly-installed Southern District Transportation Commissioner Tom King met with the project engineer and district engineer last week to discuss the progress of the four-laning project. Currently, the estimated completion date is the beginning of 2013, but that could be moved up to October...
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