While Mississippi lawmakers have ended their three-month legislative session, across the river in Louisiana, all eyes are on Baton Rouge.

Louisiana’s Legislature remains in session until early next month and as is usually the case, many important issues will come down to the wire, including all the funding/spending issues.

One of the bills still alive is House Bill 2, an appropriations bill that includes nearly $10 million of state funding for the Vidalia Port project.

Some of that money has already been awarded to the project through earlier legislation, but passage of House Bill 2 will make the cash available to spend.

The port project has been planned for decades, but only in the last few years has it begun to gain traction and the critical state funding to make the port dream possible.

Despite what some Adams County Port Commission leaders have said to the contrary, the creation of a port in Vidalia makes good sense.

Adams County fears what it might lose — a good, long-time agricultural customer.

But having a port facility nearer to the majority of agricultural interests in Concordia Parish makes a whole lot of sense — for all involved.

Reducing the time required to get agricultural goods loaded and headed to market should save the companies and producers involved a good bit of money.

Further, rather than focusing on what they might lose in the process, Adams County would be wise to see the potential neighboring port as an opportunity. If they haven’t done so, the ports should be working now — ahead of the completion of the Vidalia Port — to figure out how to work together for the good of all residents in the area, regardless of which side of the river they reside.