ArDot Spends Millions on Land for Cantrell Construction
Right-of-way acquisition to improve the busiest stretch of non-interstate highway in Arkansas has generated a couple of million-dollar transactions. read more >
Tagged: Arkansas Department Of Transportation
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 >
SAU Research Awarded $291,000 by ArDOT
The Arkansas Department of Transportation is paying Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia to test if wood can be used in asphalt production. read more >
New Hotels Chase Room Revenue Growth
The pulse of the Little Rock-North Little Rock hotel market is beating stronger than those of many hospitality markets around the nation, according to data compiled by a leading industry observer. read more >
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 >
Ort Back Speaking for ArDOT
Randy Ort is back as the external spokesman for the Arkansas Department of Transportation but only, he hopes, for a short while. read more >
La Quinta Inn & Suites Attracts $7M Sale (Real Deals)
An affiliate of CorePoint Lodging of Irving, Texas, sold the 261-room hotel in downtown Little Rock to an affiliate of MD Hospitality Group of Chattanooga, Tennessee. read more >
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 >
Maumelle’s New I-40 Interchange Just Weeks from Opening
Completion of a new $14.6 million interchange is about five weeks away from providing Maumelle Boulevard motorists with a long-awaited alternative interstate access. read more >
Arkansas Organizations Receive Governor’s Quality Awards
Allen Engineering of Paragould was one of 20 organizations to receive an Arkansas Governor’s Quality Award during the 25th Annual Awards Celebration Thursday at the Marriott Ballroom. read more >
State’s Voters to Rule Again on Sales Tax for Road Work
In 2012, Arkansans got to vote on a proposal to help fund highway construction. In 2020, they will get to do it again on a permanent basis. read more >
Infrastructure Tools in Government’s Kit (Will Gruber Commentary)
Here's three outside-the-box options local governments can use to supplement existing funding and increased state spending for highways and roads. read more >
Public-Private Partnerships Making Progress in Arkansas
Arkansas is less than a year away from tapping a rich new source of economic development, public-private partnerships that will build and operate public assets like college dormitories or parking decks. read more >
Grants to Jump-Start Economic Development in Park Hill, Levy
The city of North Little Rock is sprucing up the Park Hill and Levy business districts with federally funded Jump Start grants and playing a long game when it comes to economic development in those areas. read more >
Highway Funding Plan Hurts Poor, Critic Says
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed legislation that will raise an estimated $95 million annually for the state’s highways, but a public policy group says the sales tax portion is too regressive. read more >
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 >
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 >
I-49 Bypass Gets Its Wish: A $25M Grant
The bypass is a 19-mile stretch of Interstate 49 that will sweep around Bella Vista to the west and reconnect in southern Missouri. It is the only uncompleted stretch of Interstate 49 between Kansas City and Fort Smith. read more >
Construction of Third Maumelle Interchange Set to Begin on I-40
The Arkansas Department of Transportation has scheduled a ceremonial groundbreaking on Monday, Dec. 10, to mark the beginning of construction on the new Maumelle interchange on Interstate 40 in Pulaski County. 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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