Working with the Panola Partnership, the City of Batesville, Panola County, and Northwest Community College, Mendrop has taken the lead on concept development, cost estimating, and project coordination for this innovative plan.

The City of Batesville, along with cooperation and funding from the Mississippi Department of Transportation Local Public Agency (LPA) funds, developed, planned, and constructed Phase 1 and Phase 2 upgrades and enhancements to the Batesville Downtown Square. The improvements included removing and replacing sidewalks to meet ADA standards, as well as the addition of new curb, lights, and handicap ramps to provide a friendlier and more accessible square for downtown businesses. The Eureka Street entrance to the Square was realigned to increase safety and to improve the accessibility of pedestrian areas. As part of the plan, landscaped islands, planters, and beds were added and/or improved. Additionally, green space was made available for events such as Spring Fest and the Polar Express™ Train Ride.

Mendrop provided engineering services to the Panola Partnership for the development and ongoing improvement of the Panola County Airport Industrial Complex. An Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant helped fund the initial development and construction of two 100,000 square foot building pads, as well as paved access and water and sewer utilities at the 220-acre Airport Industrial Complex site.

Beginning in 2011, the City of Batesville used funds from the Mississippi State Department of Health’s Drinking Water Systems Improvements Revolving Loan Fund (DWSIRLF) to upgrade their existing meters with an Automated Meter Readering (AMR) System for all drinking water customers.

Upon completion of an evaluation of the long-term wastewater management needs, the City of Batesville contracted Mendrop Engineering Resources to develop a Wastewater Facilities Plan, including cost estimates and plans and specifications.

In 2018, the City of Batesville requested Mendrop Engineering Resources (MER) help the City develop a plan of action to help locate potential infiltration and inflow sources into the sanitary sewer collection system throughout the entire city-wide system. Upon completion of the survey, MER helped develop a plan to rehabilitate the identified problems.

In 2019, the City of Batesville bonded $8 million for several projects, including sanity sewer improvements along Highway 35 and Sand Creek. Located on the north side of Batesville, the project will upgrade existing infrastructure as well as provide critical infrastructure for this rapidly developing area of the City of Batesville and Panola County.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) proposed a plan to widen U.S. Highway 11 between Cayten Street and Lakeshore Drive from a 3-lane section to a 4-lane divided boulevard through Picayune in Pearl River County, MS. Mendrop Engineering Services, LLC (Mendrop) was retained by MDOT to perform a hydrologic and hydraulic analysis of the proposed storm drainage system for the roadway widening. The study included the development of a hydraulic storm sewer model of the storm drainage system as currently designed in order to evaluate and document the hydraulics of the system.

Mendrop Engineering Resources, LLC was selected by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to prepare conceptual, preliminary, and final bridge hydraulic recommendations and bridge plans for Jourdan River, Bayou Talla, and a tributary of Bayou Talla on a proposed project to bypass Kiln, MS by relocating a portion of State Route 43/603. Initial conceptual bridge recommendations for the bridges over Jourdan River and Bayou Talla were originally prepared by Mendrop during the Environmental Planning Phase of this project.

Mendrop Engineering Resources, LLC (MER) was selected by the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to provide hydraulic recommendations and bridge plans for the hydraulic crossings of Mattie Creek (Bridge #33.2) and Nelson Creek (Bridge #33.6) on State Route 310 (SR 310). In a separate contract, MER was selected to develop Phase “A” Final Right-of-Way plans for the bridge replacements (Bridges # 33.2 and #33.63) on SR 310 in Panola County.