NATCHEZ — Four of Adams County’s supervisors are leaving for a four-day trip to Washington, D.C., today.

Supervisors Darryl Grennell, Calvin Butler, David Carter and Angela Hutchins will be leaving to attend the National Association of Counties conference in the nation’s capital. While they’re there, they will meet with the local congressional delegation — Sen. Thad Cochran, Sen. Roger Wicker and Congressman Gregg Harper — to discuss local issues of importance.

The thrust of those meetings will be to discuss getting funding for the county’s Emergency Watershed Projects, said Grennell, the board president.

“We have several (EWP) projects that have been approved on the books for about a year, and the funding has not come down from Washington on these projects,” he said. “We are going to be meeting with them about that funding.”

Adams County’s EWPs are stop-gap and full restoration measures meant to counter erosion problems caused by bodies of water and run-off. The county’s soil base is a kind that is particularly prone to erosion.

Butler said several areas in his district have been threatened, Triplet Lane in particular. Erosion has caused all of the sidewalks to collapse, and a portion of the road has already fallen in. One more erosion event could cause the road to collapse completely, he said.

“There are 30 or 40 houses that won’t be able to get out of that neighborhood if that road goes,” Butler said.

“I am going to focus on getting those areas fixed, keeping those people safe.”

Hutchins said she is going to try to get any help she can. Two problem areas in her district she plans to lobby for are Lotus Drive and Cottage Farm road, she said.

She’s also going to ask for funding to get York Road repaired, which leads to the St. Catherine Creek Refuge, Hutchins said.

Grennell also said he would be speaking to the congressional delegation about getting some kind of help from the U.S. Corps of Engineers to map out Adams County’s flood plains.

“We need the help from the corps to establish our baseline flood area because it is affecting the development of several home because they are contiguous to several creeks and tributaries,” Grennell said. “Several Realtors told me about that — it is affecting the future assessed value of Adams County.”

Carter could not be reached for comment.

Supervisor Mike Lazarus said he was not attending the NACO conference.