Ground was broken Wednesday on an $8.7 million enhancement project at the Trent Lott International Airport, an investment officials say will cost the airport’s capacity to support more industrial and commercial development along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Officials gathered at the airport in Moss Point to put shovels in the ground for the project being funded by local, state, and federal sources. It will include the construction of a new concrete aircraft parking apron and connector taxiway and taxiway lighting rehabilitation.

“Today’s groundbreaking is another example of our strong partnerships at the local and federal levels,” said George Freehand, executive director of the Jackson County Economic Development Foundation. “I am grateful to Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and our county and ci

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