| When this temporary, 1/2¢ sales tax takes effect July 1st, 2013, it will support a $1.8 Billion highway program. That program will include continued construction of four-lane highways to connect all four corners of the state, and widening existing highways to help ease congestion--all within the next ten years! |
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| And, when the bonds are repaid (no later than 2023), this temporary tax will be abolished by the Constitution. |
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| Also--Issue Number 1 will provide approximately $700 million in turnback revenue for cities and counties. |
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| Thanks to you, we're investing in ourselves, and taking a big step towards making our state's highway system among the best in the nation! |
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| Here's what you'll see happen over the next ten years: |
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| Listing of Planned Highway Projects |
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• Completion of widening I-40 to six lanes between Little Rock and Conway
• Completion of widening US Hwy 67 to six lanes from Jacksonville to Cabot
• Improvements to I-30 connecting Little Rock and North Little Rock, including widening the I-30 Arkansas River Bridge
• Continuation of widening I-630 in Little Rock from Baptist Hospital to University Avenue
• Completion of widening US Hwy 64 to four lanes between Conway and Beebe
• Continuation of widening I-30 to six lanes between Benton and Highway 70
• Widening of US Hwy 70 to four lanes between I-30 and Hot Springs
• Continuation of widening US Hwy 270 to four lanes from Hot Springs westward
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• Completion of widening US Hwy 412 to four lanes between Paragould and Walnut Ridge
• Completion of widening State Hwy 18 to four lanes between Jonesboro and Blytheville (to I-55) East Arkansas
• Continuation of widening US Hwy 64 to four lanes between Marion and Wynne
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• Widening I-540 to six lanes between Fayetteville and Bentonville
• Completion of the initial two lanes of the future four-lane Bella Vista bypass
• Beginning four-lane construction of the US Hwy 412 Springdale bypass from I-540 to the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) connector
• Continuation of widening US Hwy 65 to four lanes between Harrison and Clinton
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• Completion of widening US Hwy 167 to four lanes between I-530 and El Dorado
• Completion of widening US Hwy 425 to four lanes from Hamburg to the Louisiana line
• Beginning the widening of US Hwy 82 to four lanes from El Dorado to Magnolia to Texarkana |
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