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The School Board is looking to hire a third party to investigate the flooding at the Peak Education Center.

FORT SMITH — The Arkansas Department of Transportation is considering public feedback before making a decision about how to improve truck traffic on U.S. 64 downtown. The highway enters Fort Smith from Oklahoma across the Garrison Avenue bridge, and then follows Garrison before turning northwest into Midland Boulevard and into Van Buren.

The Arkansas Department of Transportation is considering public feedback before making a decision about how to improve truck traffic on U.S. 64 downtown.

The Arkansas Department of Transportation is considering public feedback before making a decision about how to improve truck traffic on U.S. 64 downtown.

Times Record Estimated costs of constructing the I-49 bridge and a possible bridge to reroute traffic away from downtown Fort Smith aren't cheap, but one state official says there's a lot to be considered in the projections. Halff Associates estimated the cost of constructing a bridge in eastern Oklahoma to reroute trucks off of Garrison Avenue would be $225 million. It's less than the estimated cost of the I-49 bridge to connect Chaffee Crossing to Alma, which Arkansas Department of Transportation District 4 Engineer Chad Adams estimated would cost between $300 million to $400 million. Th...