CEG & Pine Bluff Commercial - Mon July 21, 2025
Bypass in Arkansas Gets Federal Funds, Utility Looks to Build New Power Station in White Bluff
The final leg of the Springdale Northern Bypass in northwest Arkansas will move forward with the help of a $24.46 million federal grant, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy announced July 15, 2025....
Arkansas Democrat Gazette - Mon June 23, 2025
Federal Highway Administration Offices in Ark., Miss. to Merge, Staffing Cuts Cited
Arkansas is sharing a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) office with Mississippi due to federal staffing cuts, the Arkansas Department of Transportation's chief of administration said June 18, 2025, during a state Highway Commission meeting....
Engineered Rigging - Tue May 13, 2025
Engineered Rigging Partners With River Valley Food 4 Kids to Give Hunger a Summer Break
One in four children in the Arkansas River Valley do not have enough to eat. This issue becomes especially critical during the summer months when school meals are not available. To help, Engineered Rigging has announced a philanthropic partnership with River Valley Food 4 Kids (RVF4K)....
Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk - Mon April 14, 2025
Mississippi River Officials, Town Mayors Worry Over Loss of Flood-Control Funding
An official with the federal Mississippi River Commission (MRC) is warning of a potential backlog for flood–control work as its budget flatlines. The concerns come as portions of the lower river basin face increased flood risk and mayors in towns and cities along the Mississippi are lobbying Congress for more funding for flood control....
Katherine Petrik – CEG Editorial Assistant - Tue April 08, 2025
VIDEO: Northark Preps Students for Equipment Operator Careers
Construction equipment operators are the driving force in building roads, bridges, buildings and other infrastructure.They work in all kinds of weather — blistering heat, frigid cold, rain — and in all kinds of conditions, depending on the project....
Arkansas Business & TDOT - Tue March 18, 2025
VIDEO: Kiewit Infrastructure Chosen to Manage Replacing the I-55 Bridge Over Mississippi River
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) announced March 13, 2025, that Kiewit Infrastructure South Co. of Westlake, Texas, has been chosen as the construction manager and general contractor for the Interstate 55 bridge replacement project in Memphis, Tenn....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed February 26, 2025
Arkansas Connector Links XNA, Springdale Bypass
With almost a dozen bridges, an interchange and a tie-in to Highway 264 being constructed, the XNA Connector project will be a game-changer when completed by summer 2027. The four-lane interstate will stretch nearly 4 mi., linking the northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) to the Springdale Bypass....
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette - Mon November 25, 2024
Fort Smith, Ark., Officials Okay Plan to Demolish Historic Downtown Building After Fire
The historic W.M. Fishback/Adelaide Hall building in downtown Fort Smith, Ark., which burned in the early morning hours of Nov. 6, was approved for demolition Nov. 21 by the city's Central Business Improvement District (CBID) commission....
ARDOT & Arkansas Business - Wed October 30, 2024
ARDOT Awards Oklahoma Contractor First of Four Projects to Extend I-49 Near Fort Smith, Ark.
The first of four projects near Fort Smith, Ark., to construct the next portion of Interstate 49, between Arkansas Highway 22 in Barling and the I-40/I-49 Extension, has been awarded to a Tulsa, Okla., contractor....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue October 29, 2024
Connecting Arkansas: Highway Widening Near Little Rock
A major roadway widening in the heart of Jacksonville, Ark., will address traffic congestion, as well as high crash rates on Highway 67/167 and associated interchanges and frontage roads, when it's completed in late 2027....
