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Arkansas will receive $46 million for public transportation from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Rural areas in the state will receive $27 million for public transportation and urban areas will receive $19 million.
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Traffic on the river is up compared to last year, and one port operator says could have been even more robust if shippers had access to more barges.
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Arkansas transportation officials showed seven newly-purchased diesel-powered trucks on Friday that have reduced emissions compared to the rest of the department's fleet.
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The federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) has put the first significant funding into a decades-long effort to deepen the Arkansas River navigation channel to 12-feet.
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A new American Lung Association report advocates transitioning to electric vehicles as a way to reduce asthma and other lung-related health issues.
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The Department of Transportation is examining repairs made last summer to the Interstate 40 bridge after a crack was discovered in a beam.
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Gov. Asa Hutchinson has created the Arkansas Council on Future Mobility which will prepare a report with recommendations by the end of November.
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Envirotech Vehicles says it will locate a multimillion-dollar commercial electric vehicle plant in Osceola, eventually creating up to 800 new jobs.
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An in-depth analysis found repeated opportunities were missed over several decades to find a "fracture critical" flaw on the Mississippi River bridge.
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Two recent deaths and an expected rise in the number of roadway construction zones in Arkansas have prompted a new focus on safety.