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ArDOT Chief Lorie Harris Tudor Has Paid Her Dues
Lorie Harris Tudor, the first woman to head the Arkansas Transportation Department, began work there 39 years ago as an entry-level clerk typist. read more >
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Tudor to Lead ArDOT as Bennett Looks to Retire
The state’s Highway Commission has named Lorie Harris Tudor as Scott Bennett's replacement. She will be the first woman director of the ArDOT. read more >
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Arkansas Department of Transportation Director to Retire
The director of Arkansas' Department of Transportation announced Wednesday that he is retiring after nearly a decade managing the state's highway system. read more >
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Road Tax Proponents Already Revving Up
A constitutional amendment to make a half-cent sales tax permanent goes before Arkansas voters on Nov. 3. Those in favor of the amendment, which would dedicate the tax revenue to the state highway fund, are already out beating the bushes to drum up support. read more >
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Arkansas’ Highways to Nowhere
Arkansas needs hundreds of millions more dollars to adequately maintain current roads and bridges and keep up with future needs. The last new money the state dug up for Arkansas highways was $50 million the governor scraped together in 2016 from existing sources. read more >
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Update: State Transportation Department Gives $1M to UA Civil Engineering Center
The University of Arkansas has received a $1 million grant from the Arkansas Department of Transportation to build a 37,400-SF Civil Engineering Research and Education Center. read more >
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 >
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Arkansas, Missouri Join in Seeking Money for I-49
Another stretch of Interstate 49 may be closer to completion. Or closer to the money being found to pay for the work to bring the highway closer to completion. read more >
by Marty Cook -
ATRI Weighs In on Infrastructure
There were few surprises among the recommendations in a recent report by the American Transportation Research Institute. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Asa Hutchinson Leaves Few Options for Road Funding (Andrew DeMillo Analysis)
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson's declaration that he'll fight any effort to pay for the state's road needs by tapping into its general revenue leaves state highway officials with few alternatives for closing a widening gap in funding. read more >
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Arkansas Officials: Highway Funding Plan May Wait Until ’19
Arkansas highway officials are leaving open the possibility they'll take a road funding proposal to lawmakers in 2019 rather try to put it on the ballot next year. read more >
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New Broadway Bridge Up for Transportation Award
The Arkansas Department of Transportation's Broadway Bridge project is up for the Grand Prize and the People’s Choice Award in the America’s Transportation Awards. read more >
by Marty Cook -
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 >
by Marty Cook -
Arkansas Panel Weighs Roads Ballot Measure for ’18 (Andrew DeMillo Analysis)
An effort to raise millions for Arkansas' underfunded highways failed in the Legislature this year after facing heavy opposition from conservatives. Now the panel overseeing the state's highways has to decide whether to try putting a road funding program before voters next year. read more >
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Fort Smith, Great River Bridges Comprise Arkansas’ ‘Wish List’
AHTD Director Scott Bennett narrowed his department's options in January after Gov. Asa Hutchinson asked him to put together a list of the state’s top-priority highway projects. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Highway Director Scott Bennett Talks 30 Crossing, Money for Roads
The Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department is keeping its promises and has many irons in the fire, Director Scott Bennett told the Little Rock Rotary Club on Tuesday. read more >
Study: Voters Favor New Tax on Fuel Wholesalers for Highways
Arkansans prefer maintaining roads to building new ones, would favor a sales tax on fuel wholesalers and support making permanent the temporary one-half cent sales tax they approved in 2012, researchers said. read more >
Conway Growth Produces New Airport, Strains Streets And Highways
Conway’s rapid growth over nearly 20 years has resulted in a mixed bag of results when it comes to transportation infrastructure. read more >
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Real Estate, Infrastructure Continue Growth, Improvement in Conway
Millions of dollars have been invested in improving Conway infrastructure and adding retail destinations to the growing city and, according to panelists at the first Outlook Conway conference on Tuesday, the development isn't slowing. read more >
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Arkansas Business Power List 2016: Government
A government resource to help navigate the leadership of the largest Arkansas companies or institutions. read more >
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