Construction Equipment
Ag Equipment
Roadbuilding
Dealers
Business
Technology
Tag: Arkansas Department of Transportation
Roadbuilding
Ark. bridge ripples under burden of bus 3x span’s limit
A 35 ton bus crossed a bridge in Arkansas with only a 10 ton weight limit. Check out the video to see how it handled the heavy bus here on Equipment World.
November 1, 2018
Roadbuilding
Ark. DOT tries out new contracting process for road projects
The Arkansas Department of Transportation is experimenting with the construction manager/general contractor (CMGC) form of contracting, which shifts liability and risks of cost overruns to the contractor. The state legislature has given the department approval to apply the alternative to traditional bidding for three projects totaling no more than $200 million. The agency chose improving […]
May 8, 2018
Roadbuilding
Ark. DOT studies possible first toll road for state
A future Interstate 49 and whether it will become Arkansas’ first toll road are being considered, with public meetings likely coming in early 2018, reports KFSM news station. The interstate section being considered would stretch from Barling to Alma over the Arkansas River. The Arkansas Department of Transportation has commissioned a study on charging tolls […]
December 26, 2017
Roadbuilding
Two words delay I-30 widening in Little Rock, Ark.
A plan to widen and reconstruct a section of Interstate 30 through Little Rock, Arkansas, is being held up because of two words in a regional transportation plan, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. The transportation improvement plan calls for “operational improvements” to the 6.7-mile highway section, but the Arkansas Department of Transportation says it needs to […]
November 13, 2017
Roadbuilding
Ark. mulls raising speed limit to 75 mph on rural interstates
Arkansas drivers could soon be driving faster, if new speed-limit recommendations are approved. The legislature has approved increasing the limit from 70 mph to 75 mph on interstates and left open the possibility of increasing limits on other highways – if it can be done safely. The Arkansas Department of Transportation has completed a study […]
November 6, 2017
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
How Arkansas and Pennsylvania increased their highway funding
When events are beyond our control on a macro level, it becomes time to refocus and think both smaller in order to accomplish big things. Such is the situation now with the Federal government and the maelstrom/quagmire of events surrounding efforts to fund infrastructure in the United States. Will the Highway Trust Fund issue […]
April 2, 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
Page 1 of 1