Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Arkansas Department of Agriculture have announced more than $327,000 in state funding and more than $529,000 in local matching funds for six county projects through the Arkansas Unpaved Roads Program (AURP).
Each of the six projects receiving funding aim to protect water quality, enhance stormwater management, and improve drainage along Arkansas’ county roads.
“In rural Arkansas, county roads are the critical infrastructure families use to drive every day to work, school, church, and home,” said Sanders. “By investing in county road improvements, we’re making travel safer and ensuring communities across our state stay connected.”…