By Wesley Brown, Talk Business & Politics, January 28, 2019 State Rep. Dan Douglas, R-Bentonville, on Monday surprised some legislators and policymakers at the State Capitol by filing a potentially controversial bill that combines portions of legislation he sponsored in 2015 and 2017 to provide an intermediate funding solution to Arkansas’ growing highway needs. House […]
This photo says just about everything you need to know about the condition of some of the rural roads in Arkansas. The road is so damaged that when you lay a rake across the damaged section of road there is about six inches of space between the rake and the lowest point of the damaged […]
By Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, January 22, 2019 Some of 23 state lawmakers who pledged with a Washington, D.C.-based group to vote against tax increases disagree whether a vote to refer a tax increase for highways to voters would run afoul of their pledge. The group is Americans for Tax Reform, founded by Grover […]
By George Jared, Talk Business & Politics, January 13, 2019 Highway funding and Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s proposed tax cut are among the legislative priorities that state House and Senate members will have to decide when the 92nd Arkansas General Assembly convenes on Jan. 14. At the governor’s urging, lawmakers have been studying how to lower […]
If you want to look at one specific highway project that has really changed the quality of life in a community think about the beautiful new Highway 70 connecting Interstate 30 in Saline County to Hot Springs. What was a narrow, outdated, winding road is now a beautifully designed five lane highway running 18 miles. […]
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, January 10, 2019 Dick Trammel of Rogers, whose 10-year term on the Arkansas Highway Commission has ended, had a highway named after him as part of his send-off. Trammel on Wednesday presided over his last meeting as commission chairman. A 30-mile section of Arkansas 265 from Arkansas 16 in Fayetteville to Arkansas 94 […]