Legislator Becky Currie voices her disapproval of flood control options posed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, during a public meeting held regarding Pearl River flooding, at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Sparkman Auditorium in Jackson, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Federal officials repeatedly reminded an emotional room of Jacksonians that they have yet to pick a flood control plan for the capital city. Still, nearly all the comments at last Wednesday’s public meetings centered on one design.
