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6 Laning I-40
MikieTimT:
--- Quote from: Road Hog on September 22, 2022, 07:40:23 PM ---Not sure how much local traffic is part of the mix in either direction. Lonoke sits a 20-minute drive from McCain Mall and remains a backwater — and I'm rooting for Lonoke to prosper. "Small town charm" runneth over but hasn't helped Lonoke much. An I-40 expansion might help, but there is zero development there.
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It'll grow eventually. Most of the current growth is west, southwest and northeast in the metro area, but it's only a matter of time before land values dictate that it's turn comes.
wriddle082:
--- Quote from: MikieTimT on September 23, 2022, 10:39:53 AM ---
--- Quote from: Road Hog on September 22, 2022, 07:40:23 PM ---Not sure how much local traffic is part of the mix in either direction. Lonoke sits a 20-minute drive from McCain Mall and remains a backwater — and I'm rooting for Lonoke to prosper. "Small town charm" runneth over but hasn't helped Lonoke much. An I-40 expansion might help, but there is zero development there.
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It'll grow eventually. Most of the current growth is west, southwest and northeast in the metro area, but it's only a matter of time before land values dictate that it's turn comes.
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We have a similar issue in Columbia, SC. All of the growth has been west, northwest, and northeast. Very little to the south or southeast down I-26, closer to where I live.
Anyway, I agree that they should try widening a section of 40 in the middle, around the White River and Brinkley, as relief. Here in SC, they’re finally nailing down the details for widening I-26 b/w Columbia and Charleston, and I think they may widen a relief section in the middle first, near I-95.
US71:
Knowing how ARDOT works, about the time they finish 6-laning, it will need 8-laning.
Wayward Memphian:
--- Quote from: US71 on September 25, 2022, 11:12:35 PM ---Knowing how ARDOT works, about the time they finish 6-laning, it will need 8-laning.
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You must drive I-49 between Fayetteville and Rogers often, lol. I said that when they widened it, go for 8 lanes or build the bridges and overpasses to accommodate it later.
US71:
--- Quote from: Wayward Memphian on October 07, 2022, 09:43:08 AM ---
--- Quote from: US71 on September 25, 2022, 11:12:35 PM ---Knowing how ARDOT works, about the time they finish 6-laning, it will need 8-laning.
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You must drive I-49 between Fayetteville and Rogers often, lol. I said that when they widened it, go for 8 lanes or build the bridges and overpasses to accommodate it later.
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Too often. I've come up with a slogan for ARDOT: Building for yesterday, sometime next week :spin:
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