Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday announced the members of the Working Group on Highway Funding, which is charged with finding new ways to fund the state’s highways.
The panel is expected to come up with recommendations by Dec. 15. The current highway funding model relies on gas and diesel taxes.
“Highway funding has to be re-examined here in Arkansas,” Hutchinson told members of the Arkansas Trucking Association at the group’s conference last week.
Members of the group are:
- Duncan Baird, Budget Director for Governor Hutchinson, Chairman
- Scott Bennett, Director of the State Highway and Transportation Department
- Alec Farmer, State Highway Commissioner Appointee
- Rep. Dan Douglas, House Public Transportation Committee Appointee
- Sen. Bill Sample, Senate Transportation, Technology & Legislative Affairs Committee Appointee
- Rep. Andy Davis, Joint Budget Committee Appointee
- Cleburne County Judge Jerry Holmes, Countywide Elected Official Appointee
- Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin, Municipal Elected Official
- Randy Zook, Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce Appointee
- Philip Taldo, Arkansas Economic Development Commission Appointee
- Brett Powell, Department of Higher Education Appointee
- Larry Walther or his designee, Department of Finance & Administration Appointee
- Guy Washburn, Arkansas Asphalt Pavement Association, At-large Appointee
- Shannon Newton, Arkansas Trucking Association, At-large Appointee
- Scott McGeorge, President of Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel, At-large Appointee
- Craig Douglass, Arkansas Good Roads and Transportation Council, At-large Appointee
- Jackson Williams, Attorney at Williams & Anderson PLC, At-large Appointee
- Frank Scott Jr., State Highway Commissioner, At-large Appointee
- Dr. Robin Bowen, President of Arkansas Tech University, At-large Appointee
- Rep. Prissy Hickerson, At-large Appointee
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