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Roadbuilding
Arkansas town completes fourth replacement of same bridge
Union City, Arkansas, Police Chief and Village Manager Chris Mathis thanked everybody involved in the North Broadway Street bridge replacement project during a ribbon cutting ceremony marking its opening June 20, WTVB reports. The bridge, which has been closed since February while the new bridge was built, opened three days earlier than expected. The new $1.5 million […]
June 23, 2017
Roadbuilding
Arkansas reveals logo for renamed DOT
The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department has revealed a new logo for when the agency changes its named to the Arkansas Department of Transportation on July 31. The abbreviation for the agency will be ARDOT. Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed SB589 in March making the change. The Nebraska Department of Transportation was created earlier this year […]
June 9, 2017
Roadbuilding
NMSU receives 5-year grant from U.S. DOT to establish regional transportation research center
New Mexico State University received a five-year grant and nearly $2.5 million for the 2017 fiscal year from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Centers (UTCs) program to establish a regional transportation research center, the Las Cruces Sun-News reports. The university’s Civil Engineering Department is a member of the Transportation Consortium of South-Central States […]
January 19, 2017
Roadbuilding
AASHTO bestows highest award to AHTD’s Scott Bennett
During its annual meeting in Boston, the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) presented Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) director Scott Bennett with the organization’s Thomas H. MacDonald Memorial Award, the highest honor that AASHTO can bestow on an individual, kait8.com reports. Bennett was recognized for his public service contributions to the transportation […]
November 24, 2016
Roadbuilding
Heavy rain washes out roads in Miller County, Arkansas
Six rural roads in the southeastern end of Miller County, Arkansas, were closed down Friday night and Saturday, April 29-30, as the county worked to mend washed out culverts and roadways, the Texarkana Gazette reports. “I’ve seen seven county roads that have washed out,” Miller County Road Director Eric Cunningham told the news agency, adding that […]
May 5, 2016
Roadbuilding
Crane operator killed by accident on Arkansas highway jobsite
A crane operator in Arkansas died recently after an accident on a highway construction site in Pope County, Ark. According to KATV, Matthew Kyle Ferrari, 28, was operating the crane at the Highway 7 construction site north of Dover, Ark. It’s not known exactly how Ferrari was injured. Ferrari was operating the crane to help conduct […]
March 7, 2016
Roadbuilding
Montana tops list of 10 deadliest states for motorists
Forbes has a new list out of the top 10 deadliest states in America for drivers, and Montana’s 80 mph speed limits and rural roads pushed it to the top spot. Washington, D.C., was named the safest place to drive. The Forbes list is based on a study from the University of Michigan Transportation Research […]
October 8, 2015
Workforce
Guy who drove into construction site and hit a worker says he was only trying to help
A disagreement between a construction crew and an enraged driver in Arkansas resulted in one worker clinging to the front of the man’s hood for dear life. According to a report from Arkansas Online, police were called to a construction jobsite in Springdale after a driver who refused to drive around the jobsite hit one […]
July 31, 2015
Roadbuilding
FHWA to provide $1 million for federal-aid road repair in Arkansas
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is providing the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department $1 million in Emergency relief funds for federal-aid road repair for damages caused by recent floods in the state. “We are aware of the state’s urgent need to repair damage caused by the recent flooding,” Transportation Secretary […]
July 9, 2015
Roadbuilding
Lack of federal highway funding solution puts 131 Arkansas projects in jeopardy
More than 100 Arkansas road and bridge construction projects could be in jeopardy if Congress doesn’t extend federal transportation funding. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported 131 federally funded projects totaling $1.5 billion would be halted indefinitely if lawmakers don’t pass an extension to the Highway Trust Fund or new infrastructure funding. Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department director Scott […]
May 14, 2015
Roadbuilding
Gov. Hutchinson creates Arkansas working group to develop highway funding system
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson used his executive order powers to create a working group on highway funding to develop recommendations to “create a more reliable, modern, and effective system of highway funding,” The 20-member group, dubbed the “Governor’s Working Group on Highway Funding,” with individuals to be named no later than the first week of June, […]
May 4, 2015
Roadbuilding
Highway Trust Fund uncertainty to delay $1 billion in Arkansas projects
The cloud of doubt and uncertainty hovering over the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) could delay roughly $1 billion in Arkansas highway projects between now and 2017, according to a report from the Associated Press. Scott Bennett, head of the Arkansas State Highway Transportation Department (ASHTD), said $1.1 billion in highway improvements are in jeopardy. This follows recent announcements that […]
February 23, 2015
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