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Fully KeptInfrastructure

Give the Mississippi Department of Transportation authority to use alternative delivery methods to build infrastructure (ports, airports, rail, and roads) more efficiently.

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Fully KeptFact-checker reviewConfidence: 88%

All three cited sources are reachable and each supports the FULL outcome for this specific promise, with every quoted string verified verbatim (or exactly reconstructed from the primary record). The promise was to GIVE MDOT the authority to use alternative delivery methods; SB 2645 (2024 Regular Session) granted the Mississippi Transportation Commission/MDOT exactly that authority — design-build, progressive design-build, and construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC), i.e., any non-experimental federally approved alternative delivery method. PRIMARY verification: the Mississippi Legislature bill-status history confirms SB 2645 was 'Approved by Governor' on 04/19/2024, with enrolled-bill signatures on 04/11 in both chambers, effective July 1, 2024, and its title expressly allows the Transportation Commission 'to utilize federally approved alternative contracting methods.' Butler Snow (secondary) confirms 'Effective July 1, 2024, MDOT may use alternative delivery methods, including, but not limited to, (1) design-build, (2) progressive design-build, and (3) a construction manager.' DBIA (secondary) confirms the CM/GC scope, that the bill awaited Reeves' signature and takes effect July 1, 2024, and characterizes it as arguably the broadest such authority of any state transportation agency in America. The authority Reeves called for was signed into law, so this is a completed fulfillment — FULL does not overstate the evidence. CHAMPIONED was correctly NOT applied: a governor cannot sponsor a bill, and the documented role is agenda-setting (State of the State) plus signing, not personally leading the legislation through the Legislature. Verified as upheld.

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