The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) reminds drivers to “know before you go” and visit IDriveArkansas.com before traveling during the holiday season.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommend you stay home as much as possible during the Coronavirus pandemic, but if you choose to travel there are several things to consider before you go. Please visit the CDC’s webpage on Travel in the US for their official guidance. If you do decide to travel during the Winter Holiday (Dec 24 – Jan 4), ARDOT wishes you and your family a safe trip.
Extensive highway improvements continue throughout the state; with those improvements come work zones. To aid in your holiday travel, ARDOT has been working hard to open as many lanes as possible. Still, travelers will likely face work zones and possible delays due to increased traffic volume.
Commission authorizes funding for critical habitat-enhancement projects
SPRINGDALE – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission authorized $760,000 to be allocated to five engineering projects vital for fish and wildlife conservation during today’s meeting. The meeting took place at the newly constructed J.B. and Johnelle Hunt Family Ozark Highlands Nature Center, preceding a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the location.
The following projects received budget increases:
$60,000 for engineering design of a moist-soil unit on a recent AGFC property acquisition at Frog Bayou WMA in Crawford County.
$200,000 for a topographical engineering survey of greentree reservoir levees and structures for the first phase of a multi-phase project at George H. Dunklin Jr. Bayou Meto WMA in Arkansas County.
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The Mountain Home City Council will face a light agenda Thursday evening as it conducts its final regular meeting of 2020.The council will again consider vacating a right of way in The Oaks subdivision, and hear a presentation from Methvin Sanitation concerning the yearly CPI.Two resolutions are also to be considered, the first allowing the city to continue the 2020 operating and maintenance budget until the 2021 budget is passed. The second resolution will express the willingness of the City of Mountain Home to partner with the Arkansas Department of Transportation for a project to replace the bridge over Hicks Creek on State Highway 5 South.
Jonesboro man killed in fatal crash (Source: Arkansas State Police) By Region 8 Newsdesk | December 16, 2020 at 9:51 AM CST - Updated December 17 at 5:24 AM
POINSETT COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT) - Arkansas State Police are on the scene of a fatal crash.
According to the Arkansas Department of Transportation, the crash happened on Highway 149 just south of Highway 63 in Marked Tree.
Arkansas State Police have blocked traffic as they investigate the scene.
This is a developing story, Region 8 News will provide updates as they become available.
Poinsett Co: (UPDATE) Hwy. 149 NB remains blocked due to a fatal accident just south of Hwy. 63 in Marked Tree. Monitor at https://t.co/l1xGNNTado. #artraffic#neatraffichttps://t.co/CO8ufl7ICSpic.twitter.com/dqcBotFApK Arkansas DOT (@myARDOT) December 16, 2020