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Why hasn’t there been an alternate way for Mississippi counties to receive MDOT funds, particularly since Mississippi doesn’t have Rural Planning Organizations (RPOs)?

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Why hasn’t there been an alternate way for Mississippi counties to receive MDOT funds, particularly since Mississippi doesn’t have Rural Planning Organizations (RPOs)?

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• A: Mississippi has 10 Planning and Development Districts which are similar in nature to the RPOs, but do not receive federal funds directly. Funneling the ARRA funds through State Aid is the only established mechanism we have to distribute funds to the counties. Trying to set up another distribution method would have seriously hampered any effort to get the funds obligated before deadline in one year.