Two public meetings soon to be conducted by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) in Greenwood and Waldron are more small steps in the larger and expensive effort to complete Interstate 49 through western Arkansas.
The first meeting is set for 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., March 10, at the Valley View Church of Christ in Greenwood. The second meeting will be held 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., March 12, at the First Church of the Nazarene in Waldron.
“The purpose of this public meeting is to update the public on the status of the Future Interstate 49 (I-49) project and gather input from the public on the proposed alignment that runs from Y City to Barling,” ARDOT noted about both meetings. “The original environmental clearance for this segment was completed as part of a larger corridor between De Queen and I-40, a distance of approximately 127 miles. ARDOT is now preparing a re-evaluation of the environmental clearance to facilitate the construction of this new segment of Future I-49.”…