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Infrastructure funds top need, state mayors say

Arkansas Democrat Gazette » At the annual National League of Cities’ Congressional Conference, leaders voiced concerns about the state of America’s aging roads, highways and bridges. Mayors from Arkansas and across the nation hope the White House can deliver on promises of increased transportation infrastructure funding.

Michelle2019-04-18T11:04:05-08:00March 18th, 2019|Arkansas, Federal Programs, Trump & Infrastructure, U.S. News|

Long-term road funds idea picks up support

Arkansas Democrat Gazette » In Little Rock, a legislative committee Wednesday recommended Senate approval of a proposal to refer to voters in 2020 a proposed constitutional amendment that would make permanent a half-percent sales tax that benefits highways but was intended to expire in four years.

Michelle2019-04-18T13:34:23-08:00March 7th, 2019|Arkansas, Sales Tax|

State needing U.S. response on $630.7M project to widen I-30 in Little Rock, North Little Rock

Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette » The Arkansas Department of Transportation has yet to finalize the nearly 4,000-page environmental assessment of the $630.7 million project to renovate the Interstate 30 corridor through downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock. A complication: The state missed an end-of-September deadline to file the necessary paperwork with the feds.

melodypecg2018-10-22T13:13:02-08:00October 4th, 2018|Arkansas, Funding, Highways, Roads|

$2.5 Billion U.S. Power Line No State Can Stop

Bloomberg News »

The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a $2.5 billion plan for Clean Line Energy Partners to build a wind power transmission line from Oklahoma to Tennessee, by way of Arkansas, using the 2005 federal statute to bypass state approval on an interstate transmission project.

Michelle2016-11-10T21:51:53-08:00March 25th, 2016|Alabama, Arkansas, Energy, Oklahoma, Public-Private Partnerships, Tennessee, U.S. News|