Traffic signals on U.S. 90 are being switched to the flashing yellow mode along the beachfront in Harrison County. Workers began making the change this morning at 9:30.
Motorists should exercise caution when approaching intersections on U.S. 90, and Mayor A.J. Holloway advises that motorists should avoid using U.S. 90, if possible.
The traffic signsls are being put in the flashing mode in order for expensive computer-control equipment to be removed at each intersection.
News and notes
Mayor A.J. Holloway, who has moved his office to the city's Emergency Operations Center on Veterans Avenue, is expected to announce a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Biloxi sometime this afternoon. The mayor is continuing to monitor road conditions, and advises those residents planning to go to a shelter to do so now.
Biloxi Fire and Police departments continue to operate at double shifts.
Harrison County stopped providing sandbags to the public this morning at 10, after distributing more than 22,000 filled bags before noon Tuesday.
