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The environmental document prepared for the $1 billion 30 Crossing project was thorough enough that it met the legal standard of a "fully informed and well considered decision" under the National Environmental Policy Act, a federal judge has ruled.

The Arkansas Department of Transportation asked the state Supreme Court to erase $18 million in attorney fees awarded in a lawsuit that successfully challenged the agency's spending on two major road construction projects, arguing in a brief filed Friday that "winning an illegal exaction lawsuit should not be the equivalent of winning the lottery for the taxpayers' lawyers."

The Arkansas Department of Transportation asked the state Supreme Court to erase $18 million in attorney fees awarded in a lawsuit that successfully challenged the agency's spending on two major road construction projects, arguing in a brief filed Friday that "winning an illegal exaction lawsuit should not be the equivalent of winning the lottery for the taxpayers' lawyers."

The attorney for a group of downtown Little Rock residents and neighborhood associations that prevailed in a lawsuit barring the Arkansas Department of Transportation from spending state sales tax money on the $1 billion 30 Crossing project has refined his estimate of what the agency owes him for legal fees.

The attorney for a group of downtown Little Rock residents and neighborhood associations that prevailed in a lawsuit barring the Arkansas Department of Transportation from spending state sales tax money on the $1 billion 30 Crossing project has refined his estimate of what the agency owes him for legal fees.

A group of downtown Little Rock neighborhood associates and residents want the Arkansas Department of Transportation Department to pay $350,000 in attorneys fees after they won a ruling barring the agency from spending state sales tax money on the $1 billion 30 Crossing project.

A group of downtown Little Rock neighborhood associates and residents want the Arkansas Department of Transportation Department to pay $350,000 in attorneys fees after they won a ruling barring the agency from spending state sales tax money on the $1 billion 30 Crossing project.

The Arkansas Department of Transportation said it will appeal a ruling that bars the agency from spending money from Amendment 101 on 30 Crossing, the $1 billion project to remake the 6.7-mile I-30 corridor through downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock.

The Arkansas Department of Transportation said it will appeal a ruling that bars the agency from spending money from Amendment 101 on 30 Crossing, the $1 billion project to remake the 6.7-mile I-30 corridor through downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock.

A judge has enjoined the the Arkansas Department of Transportation from spending any money on the $1 billion 30 Crossing project generated by a state sales tax set to take effect next year.