Capacity Project Fund; transfer funds into for widening a segment of Interstate 55 in Madison County.

SB 2579 directs Mississippi’s state treasurer to transfer $150.8 million from the Capital Expense Fund to the 2022 Capacity Project Fund. The bill specifies these funds must be used to widen a segment of Interstate 55 between Madison and Gluckstadt in Madison County. It updates state law to ensure the fund remains separate and non-lapsing, allowing the Department of Transportation to use it for highway capacity projects. The bill was referred to the Highways and Transportation committee but died there in February 2025, so it did not become law. This affects Madison County residents and drivers using that I-55 corridor by proposing a specific infrastructure project.