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• Miss. contraflow plans improved, officials say

  Posted by SANDY DAVIS | Advocate staff | on May 27, 2009 at 10:55 a.m.

  

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  Hurricane evacuation contraflow plan for Southeast LA

  PICAYUNE, Miss. — Louisiana and Mississippi officials said Tuesday they’ve fine-tuned hurricane contraflow plans to alleviate traffic congestion not only on interstates but also in small southern Mississippi towns that bear the brunt of Louisiana’s evacuees looking for shelter, gas, food and restrooms. Col. Mike Edmonson, superintendent of Louisiana State Police, also said that for the first time, Mississippi officials will be inside Louisiana’s Emergency Operations Center when it opens for a hurricane. “Now if there’s a problem with contraflow, we’ll be able to fix it immediately because they’ll be in there with us,” Edmonson said. He and other officials from the two states held a joint news conference Tuesday at the Mississippi Welcome Center just over the Mississippi line on Interstate 59 where they announced a few changes to the contraflow system. Read more…

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