In early September, my wife and daughter and I were at the wedding of a young man who is the son of a family we have been close to for decades. The event was a reunion of families who raised our children together. We shared third grade birthday parties, peewee football games, carpools, and worried […]
This video was shot at 9:00 on Tuesday night on Interstate 40 between Ft Smith and Little Rock. A road resurfacing project on the inside lane stretch from two miles. Dozens of men and women were working hard just feet from passing traffic. This is Work Zone Safety Awareness Week in the United States. A […]
What do you see when you look at this photo? Maybe road improvement work that might slow you down a bit? Work like this can delay your drive, but it’s also easy to look at this scene and see 3,500 new jobs for Arkansas, and $8.2 billion in economic activity. That’s the number of jobs […]
Arkansas Roads and Bridges Funding Coalition Open Letter to the 2019 Arkansas General Assembly We are writing as a broad coalition of statewide organizations that strongly believe the quality of our roads directly impacts the quality of life in Arkansas. We are urging you to act to approve additional funding that will improve our […]
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 […]
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 What was a narrow, outdated, winding road is now a beautifully designed five lane highway running 18 miles. […]