BLUE MOON PROPERTIES IS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING FUNDING THROUGH THE BOATING INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT (BIG) TO BUILD A TRANSIENT RESTROOM FACILITY WITH A TRANSIENT BOAT PIER FOR THE LARGE BOATS FOR ACCESS TO THE RESTROOMS. THE ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR, MISSISSIPPI, IS OVER 33,000 ACRES WITH AN ESTIMATED 30,000 BOATERS. THERE ARE NO TRANSIENT RESTROOMS LOCATED ON THE WATER ACCESSIBLE BY BOAT. THERE ARE PUBLIC RESTROOMS LOCATED AT THE MAJOR BOAT LAUNCH RAMPS AND PARKS BUT THERE ARE NO PIER DOCK SPACES AVAILABLE FOR TRANSIENT BOATERS TO ACCESS FOR RESTROOMS. CURRENTLY, LARGE BOATS WILL TIE UP THE BOAT LAUNCH PIERS DOCKS TO USE THE RESTROOMS WHICH CREATE PROBLEMS FOR BOATERS TRYING TO LAUNCH. SOME BOATERS WILL COME TO THE LOCAL FUEL DOCK AND RESTAURANT AT HARBOR STATION ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE TO USE RESTROOMS WHICH INTERRUPTS OR PREVENTS FUELING AND REDUCES NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS WHO CAN DOCK TO EAT AT THE RESTAURANT DUE TO THE 70-FOOT HOUSEBOATS AND LARGE CRUISERS USING UP MOST OF THE EXISTING PIER SPACE. TRANSIENT BOATERS WHO CANNOT ACCESS A RESTROOM FACILITY WITH EASE ARE KNOWN TO SIMPLY USE THE RESERVOIR WHICH DEGRADES THE WATER QUALITY AND RISKS BOTH THE HABITAT AND HUMAN HEALTH. THIS RESTROOM PROJECT WILL ALSO ENSURE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR SWIMMERS AND WILDLIFE, FREE FROM SEWAGE DISCHARGE AND POTENTIAL DISEASE. PROVIDING EASY ACCESS TO RESTROOM FACILITIES WILL GO A LONG WAY TO HELP MAINTAIN A HIGH STANDARD OF WATER QUALITY.

Discovery Data

Mission

Blue Moon

Awarded on

2023-06-01

Obligated amount

$103,710

Agency

NASA

Customer

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES

Recipient

MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES

Actions

1

Notices

0

Spending points

1

Bidders

0

Exact source records

1

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