Disaster recovery grants totaling more than $41 million are headed to 39 Mississippi counties and cities.

Tuesday, Gov. Haley Barbour and the Mississippi Development Authority announced the grants for damage done by Hurricane Katrina.

Meridian, Decatur, Pachuta, Bay Springs, Jasper County, Forest, Louisville,
Philadelphia, Shubuta, Stonewall, Union and Waynesboro are included for various projects.

Meridian was approved for $1,786,000 for repair and drainage improvement to the Bonita Lakes dam. Philadelphia is to receive $1,120,000 to replace its damaged nutrition site. Union was approved for $2 million for construction of a water treatment plant to replace the one damaged by the storm.

The money came from Mississippi's $5.48 billion federal Katrina recovery package.

MDA executive director Gray Swoope said the agency worked with the cities and counties to make sure their projects would qualify for the money.
Barbour said in a statement that the funding will help key communities in south and central Mississippi rebuild vital public facilities.

Each of the projects are in the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005, or GO Zone. The GO Zone contains a variety of tax breaks designed to stimulate construction in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.

APPLICANT - PROJECT DESCRIPTION - AWARD AMOUNT
Bay Springs - Debris removal/drainage improvements - $265,600
Brookhaven - Debris removal/drainage improvements -$665,000
Carthage - Debris removal/drainage improvements -$3,977,125
Centreville -Demolition of damaged public building and construction of
community center -$544,000
Decatur - Repair and improvements of wastewater treatment
lagoon - $909,040
Edwards - Repair/rehabilitation of Town Hall - $320,000
Forest - Repair and renovation of Head Start/nutrition site - $311,800
Hattiesburg - Construction of fire station to replace one damaged by
the storm - $1,437,900
Hattiesburg - Improvements to water treatment plant - $2,364,210
Jasper County - Repair of courthouse - $160,480
Lamar County - Expansion and construction of fire stations - $1,931,130
Laurel - Demolition/construction of senior citizens building - $234,000
Laurel - Construction of water treatment plant administrative building
- $1,104,300
Louisville - Repairs to Louisville Coliseum - $606,000
Lumberton - Demolition of damaged buildings and creation of green space
- $1,159,712.82
Magnolia - Downtown revitalization/streetscape repair and improvements
- $633,949
Magnolia - Repair and improvements to elevated water tank - $344,500
McComb - Construction of elevated water tank - $2,000,900
Meridian - Bonita Lake dam repair and drainage improvements -
$1,786,000
Oktibbeha County - Demolition and reconstruction of damaged county
education building- $1,690,125
Osyka - Restoration and repair and Town Hall - $260,000
Pachuta - Drainage repair and improvements - $580,150
Pelahatchie - Streetscape repair/improvements; building rehabilitation
- $1,810,985
Pelahatchie - Repair and renovation of Town Hall - $231,500
Philadelphia - Replace damaged nutrition site - $1,120,000
Purvis - Repair and improvements of the wastewater treatment facility -
$916,200
Ridgeland - Water system improvements - $2,654,881
Shubuta - Debris removal and repair of wastewater treatment lagoon -
$121,250
Stonewall - Removal and disposal of storm debris - $405,300
Summit - Downtown revitalization/streetscape repair and improvements -
$1,004,752.60
Sumrall - Drainage improvements - $430,700
Taylorsville - Structural repair of Watkins Museum - $152,305.36
Union - Construction of water treatment plant to replace the one
damaged by the storm - $2,000,000
Vicksburg - Construction/repair of the damaged fire station and
terminal building at city airport - $1,305,750
Walnut Grove - Debris removal and drainage improvements - $916,680
Warren County - Drainage improvements for various bayous - $3,985,863
Waynesboro - Development of new landfill to accommodate debris from
Katrina - $796,583
Wesson - Debris removal and drainage improvements - $202,500
Wesson - Sewer system repair and improvements - $209,500