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Governor Signs Arkansas Highway Plan into Law

Arkansas Govenor Asa Hutchinson

 

The Legislature's special session on highways came when Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed a highway funding plan into law that will raise nearly $50 million for the state's highways in the coming year and qualify the state to receive an additional $200 million annually in federal matching highway funds.

The plan utilizes $40 million from Arkansas's surplus, $1.5 million investment returns and ends a requirement that $8.4 million from a half-cent sales tax for roads go toward a fund for constitutional officers.

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Nuclear transporters practice maneuvers on Arkansas highway

Arkansas 549 in Fort Smith has become a smooth training ground for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Secure Transportation. The highway closings were first publicly announced in October, and so far, no live nuclear warheads have been used in the night-time training sessions.

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ATRI asks carriers to rank trucking’s top issues for 2016

American Transportation Research Institute


The American Transportation Research Institute is looking for industry feedback with the 2016 Top Industry Issue Survey.

The annual survey, being issued for the 12th year, asks industry stakeholders to rank the top issues of concern for trucking, along with strategies for addressing the issues.

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