Ten days after the start of the new year, Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) Director Lorie Tudor retired, and the following day, Jan. 11, Wiley stepped into the top spot. As he moves forward, Wiley’s interest in bettering the state extends beyond his family to building a legacy that leaves all Arkansans with a brighter and more economically secure future.
It has been a dynamic year for Arkansas Good Roads. In some ways, we are more engaged and visible than the organization has ever been.
There may have never been a week like it at ARDOT. On December 3, city leaders and ARDOT officials gathered in the Clinton Library Museum parking lot to celebrate the largest road construction project in Arkansas history; a short time later, ARDOT announced that Director Lorie Tudor would retire in January.
It has been a dynamic year for Arkansas Good Roads. In some ways, we are more engaged and visible than the organization has ever been.
For those of you who have traveled Highway 67 in Arkansas for years, a major change is coming. The road will be converted to Interstate 57 and will eventually run from Chicago to North Little Rock. Over the past 60 years, $5 billion dollars has been spent on this project. The next section of the […]
By Deborah Horn White Hall city officials welcomed a new 87,000 sq. ft. Jefferson Regional Specialty Hospital in May, the latest of many recent groundbreakings, grand openings, and home starts. This is another concrete sign that the small city, with a population of almost 6,000 and once considered “just” a bedroom community of Pine Bluff, […]