Reeves announces 16 projects from oil spill recovery funds

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has announced 16 projects that will be funded by some of the money the state received after the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Republican governor says all 16 are along the Gulf Coast. The new projects will cost about $62 million, adding to the more than $570 million already being spent for restoration in Mississippi after the Deepwater Horizon spill. The projects include more than $6 million each for waterfront development in D’Iberville, pedestrian-friendly projects in Ocean Springs and fairgrounds improvements in Hancock County.