After years of debate and public hearings, a controversial project to widen Interstate 30 through the downtowns of Little Rock and North Little Rock is getting closer to beginning. On the deadline for comments about an environmental assessment, 30 Crossing Project Director Ben Browning joined me on AETN’s “Arkansas Week” to take questions about the $632 million project. A 6.7 mile stretch of the interstate is to be remade, including replacing the Arkansas River Bridge.
I used quotes from Browning and added comments from an opponent of the project in my version of the story for KUAR, which you can read here. Submission of the proposal to the Federal Highway Administration for approval comes at the same time as construction is getting underway on a separate project to add an additional lane in each direction to I-630 in Little Rock.
Veteran news reporter, editor and manager spanning more than 30 years at newspapers, radio and television stations. I’m also a photographer, historian and author, having written the 2017 book Rock Island Railroad in Arkansas and hosting a podcast of the same name.
