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Evening rush hour traffic moves through the Interstate 30 Crossing construction zone in Little Rock on Nov. 23, 2021
Business Services / Construction / Government & Politics

Infrastructure Deal Finally Gets Done

The windfall is expected to provide $3.6 billion for Arkansas roads and $278 million for bridge repair and replacement. read more >
Work has begun on a $37 million project to improve the Interstate 49 interchange at Wedington Drive in Fayetteville, and state officials hope a federal infrastructure plan will provide money for more projects.
Construction / Government & Politics / Tourism

Put Money on Roads, Arkansans Urge BidenLock Icon

In today’s political climate, even seemingly bipartisan issues like addressing the nation’s crumbling infrastructure can bog down quickly. read more >
Philip Taldo
Government & Politics / Transportation

Taldo Laughs LastLock Icon

Philip Taldo enjoyed a deep chuckle recalling a conversation he had with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson a few years ago. read more >
Lorie Tudor, director of the Arkansas Department of Transportation, says I-30 Crossing work in Little Rock will continue.
Construction / Government & Politics / Legal

ArDOT Wins Long-Term Cash, Plots New I-30 Funding PathLock Icon

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 >
The $25 million Cabot North Interchange project will take a lot of traffic off Main Street by redoing the Highway 67/167 interchanges so that drivers can take a loop around the city to connect to Highway 38.
Construction / Energy / Government & Politics

Road Funding in Arkansas Still Elusive

Gov. Asa Hutchinson sees highway funding as a priority when the state’s next legislative session opens in January. read more >
Though it now has the legal ability to raise speed limits, the Arkansas Department of Transportation won't be replacing its 70 MPH signs with ones that read 75 MPH until it hears from the public and the State Highway Commission.
Construction / Government & Politics / Insurance

Increasing Arkansas’ Speed Limit Up for Debate

Arkansans have more than a month to tell the state’s Department of Transportation what they think of increasing the highway speed limit. read more >
Construction / Government & Politics / Transportation

Road Fix Up to Voters? ‘Well, Maybe’

Scott Bennett, director of the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department, says the state needs to double its current annual funding of $400 million to properly take care of its transportation needs. read more >
Philip Taldo
Construction / Government & Politics / Retail

No Splitting Hairs Over Philip Taldo’s Choice of Venue for Highway Oath

Philip Taldo is a Springdale man through and through so it shouldn’t have surprised anyone he took the Arkansas Highway Commission oath of office in a downtown barbershop. read more >
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Construction / Real Estate

Taldo Talks Turnaround in Tuscany

Springdale real estate developer Philip Taldo had bad timing with his first foray in the Tuscany subdivision on Har-Ber Avenue in west Springdale. read more >
Philip Taldo
Construction / Government & Politics / Public Companies

Philip Taldo Says Private Development Fuels Springdale’s Revitalization

Philip Taldo, the co-owner of Weichert Realtors-The Griffin Co. and president of One Springdale, a development company, and Partners Construction, talks to Arkansas Business about efforts to revitalize downtown Springdale, a city to which he has strong ties. read more >
Banking & Finance / Business Services / Construction

Watson Furniture Gets New Lease on Life (NWA Real Deals)

Philip Taldo has had a busy, happy month. Top on his list is his purchase of Watson Furniture Store on Main Street in downtown Springdale. Taldo, a Springdale real estate agent, paid $250,000 for the two-story, 10,720-SF building that he remembers fondly as the place his father started working at in 1951. read more >
Government & Politics / Media & Marketing / Nonprofits

Trail Boosts Springdale’s Downtown Effort

The city of Springdale’s master plan calling for rejuvenating its downtown is estimated to be about $20.5 million in improvements, coinciding with the opening of the Razorback Greenway trail later this year. read more >
Board of Trustees Chairman Ric Clifford announces plans for a Washington County expansion of Northwest Arkansas Community College. The Bentonville school is eyeing at least half of 39 acres in Springdale near Arvest Ballpark as the location.
Construction / Education / Media & Marketing

Colleges See Need For Northwest Arkansas Outposts

As Northwest Arkansas has grown, so too have the post-secondary offerings in Benton and Washington counties. While the University of Arkansas enrollment topping 24,500 has been well publicized, other schools in the region are growing as well. read more >