NATCHEZ, Miss. – Adams County supervisors has tapped a contractor to resurface a stretch of the much-traveled Morgantown Road for $1 million. They also chose another construction company to remedy the flood-prone Carthage Point Road for about $325,000.
Work has already begun on Morgantown Road – deemed for years as the thoroughfare most in need of upgrades in Adams County – to alleviate drainage problems. Dozer – a Natchez-based construction company — began that phase in 2024.
For the second phase involving resurfacing and widening the road, the Adams County Board of Supervisors on Monday agreed to select APAC-Mississippi. The suburban Jackson-based company’s $1.1 million price tag was the lower of two bids submitted for the project.
A one-mile stretch of Morgantown Road from U.S. 61 north to Red Loop Road has been called the most dangerous thoroughfare in Adams County because it’s so narrow and prone to rain-induced flooding.
About $4 million in recent years has been appropriated for Morgantown Road from federal, state and local funds that Natchez and Adams County officials have cobbled together.
In other action Monday, supervisors chose Midway Construction to fix the flood-prone Carthage Point Road for about $325,600. The Roxie-based company’s price tag was the lowest of two submitted for the work needed to prevent washouts of the road along the Mississippi River in south Adams County past the old International Paper mill. While there are no residences along the road, there are oil wells and hunting camps there that have been rendered inaccessible because of the eroded roadway.
The Mississippi Legislature in 2023 earmarked $500,000 to fix Carthage Point Road. The money is from the American Rescue Plan Act that Congress enacted in 2021 to help Mississippi recover from the economic impact of the COVID pandemic.
Adams County supervisors on Monday also agreed to ask contractors to submit bids for resurfacing a part of Kingston Road for an estimated cost about $1 million. About two miles of the road beginning at U.S. 61 south of Natchez is in much need of new pavement, said county board President Kevin Wilson. Federal ARPA funds have been set aside for this.
Supervisors put off a decision to approve a builder’s proposal to construct restrooms at the county-owned Chester Willis baseball stadium at a cost of about $243,000. They said more time is needed to figure out the additional costs and wherewithal for connecting the facility to the Natchez sewer system.
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