Interstate 30
Hillview Village Sale Closes at $4.3M (Real Deals)
A 56-unit apartment complex in North Little Rock weighed in at $4.3 million. read more >
by George Waldon -
State Highway Commission, Seeing Progress on I-30 Widening, Holds Off on Default Action Against Contractor
Johnson Bros. Corp. has increased work hours on the Saline County project by 160% in an effort to meet its latest deadline. read more >
by Scott Carroll -
Court: 2020 Sales Tax Can Fund Little Rock Highway Project
Arkansas Supreme Court justices reversed a lower court's ruling that had blocked the state from using the funds for the $1 billion overhaul of the I-30 corridor. read more >
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Hotel Awarded $4.75M After Highway Project Takes Space
The Arkansas Highway Commission wanted to pay about $325,000 for the property along Interstate 30, but the owners balked at the amount. read more >
I-30 Crossing Project Stays in High Gear Despite Criticism
Arkansas' costliest road project ever barrels ahead on $1.1B journey. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Ideas Sought for New Green Space in Downtown Little Rock
The 20-acre space is being cleared as part of the state's project to widen and reconstruct Interstate 30. read more >
W&W/AFCO Steel Feeds U.S. Construction
The foundation of W&W/AFCO Steel’s Arkansas division is a 112-year track record of pre-engineered and custom fabrication. read more >
by George Waldon -
ArDOT Wins Long-Term Cash, Plots New I-30 Funding Path
The Arkansas Supreme Court may have handed the Arkansas Department of Transportation a loss in October, but the agency isn’t licking any wounds. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Highway Commission Locks In on Former Marina, East Village Property
Future and current roadwork projects in Little Rock generated some real estate action by the Arkansas State Highway Commission. read more >
Mayor Frank Scott Speaks After 8 Months: Successes, Struggles and the Message
Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. and his spokeswoman, Stephanie Jackson, sat down for an hourlong interview Aug. 30 at City Hall. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Epic I-30 Makeover Gearing to Go Through LR-NLR Urban Corridor
Widening a 6.7-mile section of Interstate 30 that runs through the middle of the state’s largest metropolitan area alone represents a monumental task. read more >
by George Waldon -
Connecting Arkansas Chief Jerry Holder on The Roads Most Taken
Some of Jerry Holder’s highest-profile projects are Interstate 540 in northwest Arkansas and the High-Five Interchange in Dallas. read more >
Canal Growth Could Tighten Traffic on Arkansas Interstates (Craig Douglass On Consumers)
June was a big month for commercial transportation and its benefits to consumers. On June 29, the Interstate Highway System turned 60. And on June 26, the expansion of the Panama Canal was completed, more than doubling the ship-board container capacity of the canal, which was built in 1914. read more >
by Craig Douglass -
I-30 Changes Worry East Little Rock Property Owners
The unknown changes wrought by a future improvement of Interstate 30 have downtown Little Rock players concerned. read more >
by George Waldon -
Metroplan: I-30 Construction Plan Would Only Move Congestion
The plan to widen Interstate 30 in Little Rock would push congestion and bottlenecking to new areas unless other roadways are widened, leaders at Metroplan said Wednesday. read more >
by Alexis Crowe -
Yellow Light (Editorial)
People who don’t want more of Little Rock to be devoted to roadway are trying to force suburbanites back into the city. No, the suburbanites just want to pave over Little Rock so they can get the heck out of Dodge. There is tension there. read more >
Central Arkansas Planners Think I-30 Proposal Costly, Inefficient
The state Highway Department’s $450 million plan to widen Interstate 30, a project that includes replacing the Arkansas River Bridge, is generating hand-wringing from area planners. read more >
by Mark Friedman -
Video: Here’s How I-30 Would Look After Widening
The project has been branded the "30 Crossing" and would entail replacing the bridge over the Arkansas River and widening the stretch of I-30 from the Interstate 530 junction in southeast Little Rock to the Highway 67 junction in North Little Rock. read more >
Otter Creek Mall Development Decades in the Making
Once upon a time, the current site of the Gateway Town Center and Bass Pro developments was slated to be part of a grand 1.1 million-SF regional mall development. The fabled Otter Creek Mall never achieved escape velocity from its drawing board concept unveiled on April Fool’s Day in 1980. read more >
by George Waldon -
2012 Arkansas Construction Hall of Fame: Randy McNulty
Southern Pavers, Inc., founded by Randy McNulty, was a general highway contractor specializing in bridges, and in particular, rehabilitation and stage construction of structures over and on the interstate highways. His company completed many of the bridges between Little Rock and Benton in connection with the rebuilding of Interstate 30. read more >