Arkansas
Arkansas towns receive federal funds to improve road safety
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Thursday that Arkansas would receive more than $32 million in federal grants to improve safety on the state’s roads and streets.
The grants will go directly to nine communities and counties to improve roadway safety and prevent deaths and serious injuries on rural and urban roads, according to a USDOT news release.
Those receiving the grants include:
- City of Batesville: 616,024 to study the safety and efficiency benefits of pedestrian blinker sign deployments with automatic thermal sensors at three locations; GPS/C-V2X emergency vehicle preemption equipment at three high-response locations; traffic signal synchronization on two high accident corridors; C-V2X enabled pedestrian/bicycle/vehicle sensor detection equipment at two traffic signals; and a bike/ped demonstration using quick-build materials.
- Izard County: $120,000 to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
- City of Searcy: $400,000 This award will be used by City of Searcy to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
- Columbia County Road Department: $280,000 to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
- Drew County: $260,000 to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
- City of Russellville: $463,680 to develop a Safety Action Plan and implement two demonstration activities. The demonstration activities consist of two initiatives: installing artistic painted crosswalks near Crawford Elementary School and implementing a temporary roundabout adjacent to Oakland Heights Elementary, both of which are in historically disadvantaged areas with a higher prevalence of active transportation users.
- Marion County: $120,000 to develop a comprehensive safety action plan.
- City of Little Rock: $25 million for the Little Rock Safe Streets for All project to make improvements to five major corridors along its high-injury network.
- City of Springdale: $5,187,280 for the Dean’s Trail Phase IIIB project to construct a multi-use trail segment.
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Capitol View: Columnist John Brummett, Arkansas Finance and Administration Secretary Jim Hudson
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – It’s been a busy week, with controversy between political interests and media outlets.
Talk Business & Politics host Roby Brock met with Arkansas Democrat-Gazette columnist John Brummett to discuss a range of topics concerning Arkansas PBS. 60 Minutes and private slush funds.
Roby then talks with Arkansas Finance and Administration Secretary Jim Hudson with good news on how the state is doing on the financial front.
Capitol View airs on Sundays at 8:30 a.m. on KARK 4 on KARKFOX16+, followed by RECAP, a KARKFOX16+ exclusive program where Roby and co-host Caroline Derby discuss the latest in Arkansas politics.
A flight bound for Arkansas returned to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) on Saturday afternoon due to a possible engine problem.
SkyWest Airlines said that flight 4122, operating as a Delta connection from Minneapolis to Bentonville, Arkansas, returned to MSP after takeoff due to an “indication of an engine issue.”
The flight landed safely, and passengers deplaned normally at the gate.
“The safety of our customers and crew always comes first. We apologize to our customers for the delay in their travels and are working to reaccomodate them on an alternate aircraft,” SkyWest Airlines said in a statement.
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