As Hurricane Ida moves closer to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) advises all residents to get prepared today.
“MDOT is ready for the storm, our personnel, our equipment, signal lights and anything else that we have that belongs to the state we will take care of,” said Commissioner Tom King, Southern Transportation District. “All of our folks, our people, are on call, they are ready.”
On the coast, electrical crews will remove signal controllers in low lying areas, which will put traffic signals in flash mode or turn them completely off, they will remove drawbridge arms to prepare the bridges for shutdown, and they will lower high mast lights.
In other areas, crews are gassing up vehicles and loading and staging equipment to ensure they are ready to respond and clear roadways impacted by the storm.
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