Lawmakers have own RE$TORE list

Members of the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund Advisory Board spent months reviewing 119 potential projects to finance with $85.5M in RESTORE Act money. They finally recommended 14 projects with major economic impact on South Mississippi. On June 30, the state House and Senate approved a different list that cuts/deletes some of those recommended projects. One of the lawmakers’ new project gives $1.55M to Power Dynamics Innovations, a private firm located in Picayune. The solons’ list for how to spend the money was in SB 2977, an appropriations bill for the Mississippi Development Authority. The advisory board’s recommendation for $32.5M for USM’s Ocean Enterprise project at the State Port of Gulfport is on the Legislative list. But the amount was cut to $7M. Follow the link below to see both the Legislature’s and advisory board’s list. (Source: Sun Herald 06/30/20) https://www.sunherald.com/article243898957.html#storylink=cpy