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 […]
Gov. Asa Hutchinson talks Thursday in Hot Springs about plans for funding state highway improvements. He spoke at the Arkansas Rural Economic Development Conference and said he’d like the Highway Commission to develop a plan for how it would use money raised for roadways. By Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, May 17, 2019 HOT SPRINGS […]
By Frank E. Lockwood and Noel Oman, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, December 7, 2018 Arkansas organizations won competitive federal grants totaling $45 million to complete a long-sought section of Interstate 49 at the Arkansas-Missouri border and an extension of a Hot Springs bypass. The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $25 million grant to complete a […]
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, […]