By Joe QuinnArkansas Good Roads Executive Director Atlas Asphalt CEO Mark Lamberth is settled in a conference room in his Batesville office. In the office next door his son Lance is meeting with a project team. As we talk, Mark’s granddaughter wanders in to update her grandfather that she just dropped her car off for […]
LITTLE ROCK (2-12) – The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) and Arkansas Highway Police (AHP) are encouraging residents to stay off the roads and stay warm during the upcoming winter weather event. Starting Sunday, February 14, AHP is preparing to assist motorists during the dangerous conditions that could be caused by the winter storm while […]
This is an Arkansas Department of Transportation map that shows what roads and bridge projects will be possible if Issue 1 passes. The continuation of this revenue source will allow for $5.6 billion in road and bridge maintenance and a second phase of the Connecting Arkansas program. There is no new tax involved here. This […]
Governor Asa Hutchinson was in Rogers this week talking about the need for adequate funding to pay for roads and bridges in Arkansas. He made his comments standing at The AMP, a music venue that only works because of the easy access off Interstate 49. In any Arkansas community you will find businesses like this […]
Drive US Highway 82 into Crossett and the size of the sprawling Georgia-Pacific paper mill is what you notice first. GP came here in 1962 after buying the Crossett Lumber Company and 565,000 acres of fertile Arkansas timberland. The facility was expanded in 1976 and upgraded again in 1984. But 58 years later the plant […]
Sixty-nine percent of likely Arkansas voters favor a half-cent sales tax for roads that will be on the November ballot, according to a poll released by Gov. Asa Hutchinson Sept. 23. The poll of 800 likely voters by Gilmore Strategy Group found 69% in favor of Issue 1 and 18% opposed, with 13% undecided. The […]