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' icock County supervisors are considering numerous projects to handle pre-growth over the next several years.
Board took one giant step at the beginning of the year. Supervisors last Janu-H3ssed the first-ever Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance that planners say will u(\nd for all control future growth in Hancock County.
A( ordinance dictates residential and commercial areas, and sets aside portions of a'unty where future industrial growth is expected.
B icock County is ranked the third fastest growing of 82 counties in the state and °*tions are that the population will reach at least 80,000 by the year 2020. binding sewerage and upgrading county roads are a top priority of supervisors. Hancock County Wastewater District has filed for a $6.5 million federal grant md sewerage into Bayside and Shoreline Parks and has taken initial steps to a another $1.9 million in state funds to provide a sewerage system to the Cler-tHarbor area. If successful, the projects would add about 1,500 to the present age system, doubling the size of the present customer base.
;t supervisors agree that extending sewerage is the key to future growth of the especially in flood plain areas south of Interstate 10, where septic tanks are jmd raw sewerage is being dumped daily into streams and ditches, eventually ing the Bay of St. Louis.
[he beginning of the year, supervisors also advertised “an intent” to issue up to lion in bonds to pave all roads in Hancock County. Surveys are underway to get estimates, but Board President Philip Moran said he hopes additional revenue ■eappraisal of property will provide the funds for the mammoth undertaking Lit the Board having to raise property taxes.
important project recently let is for widening, installing drainage and paving lhan 1.5 miles of Texas Flat Road, the main artery leading from Ilwy. 603 in the 3 the popular McLeod Water Park. The project has been on the drawing board ■r a decade, and settlements had to be made with several property owners whose lad to be taken.
improvements cost $658,579 and will be financed entirely by state-aid funds. *ervisors are also trying to get funds from the Mississippi Department of Eco-and Community Developoment to improve Lower Bay Road from Port Bien-3 Hwy. 90 due to construction of the giant Wellman plastics/fiber plant coming ‘ the ground.
•	million manufacturing plant has already pumped millions into the local I :ny, and employment related to construction is expected to top 1,000 shortly.
'; expected growth in Hancock Countv has also forced sunervisors to think about.
COAST ECHO, HANCOCK TODAY SPECIAL EDITION, JUNE 29, 1997-11
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