Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Thu January 13, 2022
School District in Springdale, Ark., Asking for $60M from State for Renovations
The Springdale School District hopes to receive more than $60 million from the Arkansas Public Facilities Partnership to renovate nine of its older buildings. The partnership has said it will pay 58.4 percent of the construction projects, with the school system to pay the rest, Charles Stein, a consultant working on the project for the district, told the Democrat-Gazette....
Power Equipment - Tue January 11, 2022
Power Equipment Announces New Sales Manager for Central, Southern Arkansas
Power Equipment, a Bramco company, announced Brian Bourne is the new sales manager of central and southern Arkansas. Bourne is responsible for leading the Little Rock, Ark., sales team in the promotion and sale of new, used and rental equipment within that market....
Hot Springs Sentinel-Record - Mon November 22, 2021
VIDEO: Arkansas's King Expressway Extension Ahead of Schedule, to Be Completed in 2022
Construction of the $79 million, 5.8-mi. extension of the King Expressway from the U.S. Highway 70 East interchange to the junction of Arkansas Highway 5 and AR 7 is running ahead of schedule, the state Department of Transportation (ArDOT) has announced....
CEG - Tue November 02, 2021
Work Has Begun on Little Rock's $81M Cantrell Road Widening Project
On Oct. 25, after years of public hearings, ideas and input, construction of the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) Cantrell Road Widening Project in west Little Rock has finally gotten under way....
Office of Gov. Mike Parson - Tue October 26, 2021
Governors Celebrate Partnership to Complete I-49 Connector
On Sept. 30, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson joined together at the Missouri-Arkansas state line for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the I-49 Missouri-Arkansas Connector....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu September 30, 2021
Baldwin and Shell Takes Center Stage On University of Central Arkansas' $45M Windgate Center
Despite a record-setting snowstorm and a delay in obtaining materials, crews in Conway, Ark., remain on schedule constructing The Windgate Center for Fine and Performing Arts. The building, located on the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) campus, is scheduled to be completed in time for the fall 2022 semester....
Power Equipment Company - Thu July 29, 2021
Power Equipment Appointed Komatsu Dealer in Arkansas
Power Equipment Company, based in Knoxville, Tenn., will be appointed the authorized Komatsu distributor in Arkansas effective mid-September 2021, expanding its presence in the state. The territory will be served by existing authorized Komatsu branches in Little Rock, Ark., and Springdale, Ark....
Tennesee DOT - Wed July 28, 2021
I-40 Hernando DeSoto Bridge Partially Reopens
Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Clay Bright announced July 28 the I-40 Hernando DeSoto Bridge over the Mississippi River will reopen under limited traffic while contractors finish the work....
Arkansas Democrat Gazette & WATN-TV Local ABC 24 - Wed June 30, 2021
VIDEO: Construction Crews Installing Eight Steel Plates on Damaged I-40 Bridge
Progress is being made by construction crews carefully working around the clock to make repairs to the Interstate 40 bridge in Memphis after it was closed May 11 following the discovery of a large crack spotted on one of its beams....
WMC Action News 5 - Thu May 20, 2021
ARDOT Fires Inspector Who Overlooked Crack in River Bridge in 2019
As the investigation continues as to why a significant beam fracture occurred on the I-40 bridge across the Mississippi River, an inspector with the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) who checked the 48-year-old structure in 2019 and failed to discover the crack, has been fired and may face criminal charges....
