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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson sees highway funding as a priority when the state’s next legislative session opens in January. read more >
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 >
There were few surprises among the recommendations in a recent report by the American Transportation Research Institute. read more >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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’s rapid growth over nearly 20 years has resulted in a mixed bag of results when it comes to transportation infrastructure. read more >
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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