Planning Documents

The Mississippi County Safety Action Plan is the framework to provide safe streets and roads for all road users in Mississippi County, Arkansas. The purpose of the Plan is to identify transportation safety countermeasures and strategies that lead to effective implementation with an eventual goal of eliminating all fatal and serious injury crashes on the County’s roadways.

April 2024

The Delta Bridge Project is implemented through a Steering Committee and five Goal Teams in the focus areas of: Economic Development, Education, Housing, Quality of Life/Health and Wellness, and Leadership. The priority issues that underpin the Delta Bridge Project plan were identified in a workshop with the HUD Sustainable Communities planning process on March 27, 2013. Over 45 representatives from all areas of Mississippi County participated in the workshop held at the Osceola Chamber of Commerce. Participants were asked to rank the most important issues for the future development of Mississippi County. The issues identified in that workshop are listed in Table 1 on the following page. Each of the issues was assigned to one of the Delta Bridge Project Goal Teams. The issues of highest importance identified by workshop participants were shared with the Goal Teams and these issues formed the priorities for action targeted by each of the Goal Teams. The goals, objectives and action steps in the Delta Bridge Project plan are intended to address the issues of greatest importance to community leaders and citizens.

The plan serves as an official policy statement of the City of Osceola for directing orderly growth and development within its city limits and planning area.A steering committee directed the preparation of the plan during a process which included careful study of the area. Areas of analysis include Osceola’s history, demographics and projected population, topography, utility capacity, transportation systems, existing infrastructure, and surrounding land use.