Residents in Central Arkansas can expect thousands of trees to be planted, an expansion of electric vehicle charging stations and improved energy efficiency in commercial and public buildings in the coming years.
Casey Covington
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Townsell leaving Metroplan; interim successor named
Tab Townsell announced today that he is resigning as executive director from the regional planning organization Metroplan and plans to pursue another line of work.
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I-30 lawsuit challenge continues, no decision from judge yet
No decision yet on injunction to halt I-30 work.
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Metroplan advisers put off vote on AHTD’s request for 6-lane waiver: Update
The council that advises Metroplan’s board of directors voted today to wait until a 30-day public comment period has passed before deciding whether to grant the state highway department a waiver of the planning agency’s six-lane limit on freeway through lanes. The panel, the Regional Planning Advisory Council, will meet Aug. 24 to consider the comments. That is the day after the public comment period, which runs July 24 to Aug. 23.
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Thumbing down on that I-30 ride
Ten-lane plan invigorates opposition, ideas for better way.
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Metroplan committee considers domino effect of widened I-30
Jim McKenzie, executive director of Metroplan, presented a couple of graphics to Metroplan’s Regional Planning Advisory Council today that show impacts of widened highways. He said that highway departments, present only the first order of impacts: You widen the road, you reduce delay, and because that reduces stop and go traffic, drivers save money.Compared to doing nothing, the first order looks bad: If you accept congestion on your roads, you increase delays and cost of operating vehicles.