LeFleur Lakes Update

The Jackson Free Press and Northside Sun both recently carried pieces on the status of the LeFleur Lakes project.

JFP: "The results are in from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study of the LeFleur Lakes project, and, according to a report in The Clarion-Ledger, the Corps says it isn’t economically feasible. Estimating a price tag of $1.2 billion—which is a figure quite north of the Lakes’ developer $200 million-$300 million estimates—the Corps doesn’t recommend federal involvement. So what’s the next logical step?"...more...

NSS: "Public officials, architects, interested citizens and others will be gathering at a week-long series of meetings to make a plan for the proposed LeFleur Lakes project. The meetings, known as a charrette, will be held from March 6 to March 12 at the Mississippi Telecommunications Conference and Training Center in downtown Jackson"...more...