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 What was a narrow, outdated, winding road is now a beautifully designed five lane highway running 18 miles. […]
Thanks for stopping by our web page. Christmas is behind us and we now start to look to the 2019 legislative session. Governor Hutchinson will be inaugurated on January 15 and then the legislative work begins. Lawmakers and groups engaged with local roads and bridges funding are already deep in discussions about what options are […]
By The Kansas City Star Editorial Board November 07, 2018 03:30 PM Updated November 07, 2018 04:01 PM Missouri voters have rejected — yet again — a credible plan to improve the state’s roads, by increasing the gas tax. The decision is disappointing and potentially dangerous. It delays the day of reckoning for the state, […]