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'Arkansas Department of Transportation'

Electric car owners getting a shock

The Times and others, such as KFSM, have been hearing from owners of electric vehicles about a shocking increase in the annual cost of their car tags.
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Judge rejects challenge of freeway construction wider than four lanes

Circuit Judge Morgan "Chip" Welch ruled today against the plaintiffs in a lawsuit contending that the Arkansas Department of Transportation couldn't spend money on freeway projects wider than four lanes.
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I-30 underwater in Nevada and Clark County, other roads, too: UPDATE

The Arkansas Department of Transportation is reporting that portions of Interstate 30 in Clark and Nevada counties are closed due to high water and smaller roads in Howard, Hempstead, Pike, Nevada, Yell and Searcy counties are closed as a result of the continuing rainfall.

Bid to enjoin I-30 project withdrawn for now

The plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Arkansas Department of Transportation’s $1 billion project to widen seven miles of Interstate 30 have dropped their request for a preliminary injunction at this stage of the lawsuit.
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Lawsuit filed to stop 30 Crossing freeway project through Little Rock

The expected lawsuit was filed today to stop the 30 Crossing project, a billion-dollar plan to widen 7.3 miles of the Interstate 30 corridor through Little Rock and North Little Rock.

The legislature moves to raise freeway speed limits. The Constitution, however .....

The legislature is intent on raising the speed limit on rural freeways from 70 to 75 (70 for trucks). But can they?
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Little Rock prepares to commit to I-30 project, though its scope remains unclear

Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott's take-charge approach surfaces this morning on a bigger issue than media policy — negotiations between the city and the Arkansas Department of Transportation on an agreement concerning the Big Concrete Ditch project through the heart of Little Rock.

Arkansas legislature, fine print edition on the working poor and highway construction

The Arkansas legislature is taking a spring break but that doesn't mean you should stop worrying. A couple of additions to your worries — one grinds the poor, the other helps the rich.
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Apparent delay in LR commitment to $3.8 million in I-30 project spending

Interesting tidbit from the weekly posting of the Little Rock City Board agenda: A resolution to commit $3.8 million in city spending to mitigate impact of the controversial Interstate 30 expansion project, whose design is now uncertain. After my inquiry, it appears there'll be at least a delay in consideration of the resolution.

You've been warned: Get out of the left lane!

The Arkansas Department of Transportation has announced it's at work installing signs intended to remind people not to block the lefthand lane on multi-lane roads.
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Whoops: Dramatic cost increase and change in scope for the I-30 concrete gulch in Little Rock UPDATE

The Arkansas Highway Department issued a news release yesterday announcing the Highway Commission had selected the Kiewit-Massman Constructors combine to build the 30 Crossing project through downtown Little Rock.  The news release obscured major developments — a dramatic shortage of money likely means a dramatic change in scope of the project.

Suspension bridge reopened after inspection

The suspension bridge in Carroll County that became infamous thanks to a video of it sagging under an overweight load, has reopened to traffic (10-ton limit). So says the Department of Transportation, which had closed it for more inspection.
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