Mississippi
Troop G of Mississippi Highway Patrol receiving new headquarters
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Troop G of the Mississippi Freeway Patrol is one step nearer to having a brand new house.
The State Legislature has appropriated one other $4 million for a brand new substation in Starkville.
The funding is the final roadblock to getting the headquarters constructed.
Lawmakers had put aside $4.5 million in an earlier session. The entire price ticket is $8.5 million.
Troop G has outgrown its present headquarters, which was in-built 1964.
The brand new workplace will sit on 10 acres close to the brand new Cornerstone Park off of Freeway 25 South.
“After we transfer, we’re going to take drivers’ license with us, and we’re going to have the artist rendering that now we have now have a spot, CDL testing there, which is presently carried out in Columbus. And there there may be going to be a spot there for MBI and for our Industrial Car Division,” mentioned Captain Clavin Mangum, MHP Troop G.
Work is anticipated to start in early 2023 and take about 18 months.