Meeting to cover widening U.S. 70

The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department will hold a public meeting Thursday in Lonsdale to present and discuss proposed plans to widen U.S. 70 from Arkansas 128 in Garland County to Interstate 30 in Saline County.

The project, which will widen the highway to four lanes, is part of the department's Connecting Arkansas Program, a $1.8 billion road construction initiative that is financed in part by a temporary half-percentage-point increase in the statewide sales tax that voters approved in 2012.

The meeting will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall of the Ten Mile Missionary Baptist Church at 17511 Church Road in Lonsdale.

The public is invited to visit any time during the scheduled hours to view displays, ask questions and offer comments. For more information, contact the department's Connecting Arkansas Program manager at (501) 255-1519.

Metro on 03/05/2015

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