A huge infrastructure moment for Arkansas This Week!
The groundbreaking for the expansion of I-49 from Alma to Barling. A project that will include a new bridge over the Arkansas River. This multiyear effort will be another step in positioning Arkansas at the very heart of the American supply chain. Fort Smith is a unique meeting place for the river, railroad lines, the […]
Recruit, Hire, & Retain – Big Challenges for Arkansas Employers
A letter from Joe Quinn, AGRF Executive Director We are now almost two and a half years removed from March of 2020, when Covid arrived, and life changed overnight. Most of us have now stopped wearing masks, and many people are back to going to an office every morning, but some things are simply […]
ARDOT LEADS EFFORT TO PROTECT ROAD WORKERS
Jeremy Bolt still has nightmares about Dec. 8 last year when he and his wife Mitzi could have died while working as part of a crew on an Arkansas road project. In the dream he feels pieces of debris flying at him from a nearby crash and he is fighting to avoid cars racing toward […]
HIGHWAY COMMISSION, ARDOT URGE ARKANSANS TO SLOW DOWN, HELP PREVENT WORK ZONE DEATHS
The Arkansas Highway Commission and the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) are urging a unified effort between citizens and workers to increase work zone safety following two ARDOT employee deaths in work zones in a matter of weeks. “On behalf of the Arkansas Highway Commission, we are deeply saddened and concerned by the alarming rise […]
THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW WILL DELIVER FOR ARKANSAS
President Biden and Vice President Harris’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is the largest long-term investment in our infrastructure and competitiveness in nearly a century. The need for action in Arkansas is clear, and recently released state-level data demonstrates that the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will deliver for Arkansas. For decades, infrastructure in Arkansas has suffered from a […]
HOW THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE BILL SHOULD IMPACT ARKANSAS
On Friday, November 5, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The roughly $1.2 trillion bill includes spending for Arkansas, as this chart shows(published by the Eldorado News-Times).
ARKANSAS GOVERNOR SUPPORTS BIDEN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, TOUTS HIGHWAY SALES TAX
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is praising new potential investments in infrastructure coming from President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion funding package. Speaking to members of the nonprofit Arkansas Good Roads Foundation in a meeting Monday, Hutchinson urged Congress to take a vote on the package as soon as possible. “What it gives for us is $3.6 […]
MISSING LINK IN I-49 READY TO OPEN, RIBBON CUTTING SET
BENTONVILLE — After decades of planning and work, the new Interstate 49 Bella Vista Bypass is ready to open for traffic. Highway officials say the work should ease traffic congestion on U.S. 71 in Bella Vista. On Thursday at 10 a.m. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Missouri Gov. Mike Parson will join highway officials from […]
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT HELPS DELIVER $65 MILLION TYSON FOODS FEED MILL TO HEMPSTEAD COUNTY
State and local officials have unveiled a new, improved section of highway in Hempstead County that helped bring a new Tyson Foods feed mill to the region. On Monday, June 21, officials gathered for a ribbon-cutting event spotlighting a new Highway 195 overlay. This project increased the load limit of a 14-mile stretch of Highway […]
ARKANSAS TALK BUSINESS AND POLITICS SAYS ARDOT BRIDGE INSPECTORS HAVE SHUT DOWN A BRIDGE IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AFTER “SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE” FOUND
Another major bridge in Northeast Arkansas had to be shutdown immediately on Tuesday (May 25) after significant damage was discovered by inspectors. The U.S. 63/412 bridge that spans the Spring River at Ravenden was closed around 12:30 p.m., according to the Arkansas Department of Transportation. Inspectors found a broken pin and a broken hangar on […]