AHTD Withdraws Projects from Bid Opening Due to Uncertainty of HTF

[AHTD]

The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department announced it has withdrawn nine construction projects with an estimated construction value of $120 million from the Agency's upcoming June 9th bid opening due to continuing uncertainty of Federal-aid reimbursements available from the Federal Highway Trust Fund.

This action brings the total number of projects withdrawn from bid openings in Arkansas this year to 70, with an estimated construction value of $282 million.

More here: http://www.arkansashighways.com/news/2015/NR%2015-119.pdf

[galador]

Looks 27 projects have been reinstated for an October bid. Here's a list of the projects, according to the Arkansas Business article:

County	Route	Project Name
Boone	-	Main St./Rush Ave. Signal Rehab. (Harrison)
Clay	CR 53	Piggott-West Drainage Strs. Replacement
Cleburne	25	Hwy. 25 Spur-Locust Grove (Passing Lanes)
Crawford	162	Hwy. 162 Improvements (Alma)
Crittenden	147	Hwy. 131-North
Cross	284	Branch of Caney Creek Str. & Apprs.
Faulkner	40	Conway South Interchange-Hwy. 365 (Base & Surf.)
Faulkner	65B & 286	I-40-Thomas G. Wilson Dr. (Conway)
Fulton	63	Gut Creek Str. & Apprs.
Grant	291	Moore's Slough Tributary Str. & Apprs.
Independence	167	CR 80 (Antioch Road)-South City Limits Cave City
Lee	131	Ditch at L.M. 1.85 Str. & Apprs.
Little River	32 & 32Y	Hwy. 32/Hwy. 32Y Signal (Ashdown)
Mississippi	18	Hwy. 18 Improvements (Manila)
Montgomery	CR 34	Mazarn Creek Str. & Apprs.
Phillips	44	Bee Bayou Str. & Apprs.
Pope	7	Dover-North (Passing Lanes)
Pope	7	Newton Co. Line-South (Passing Lane) (Ph. II)
Pulaski	10 & 430	I-430/Hwy. 10 Interchange Impvt. (L.R.)
Pulaski	30 & 430	I-30/I-430 Interchange Impvt. (L.R.) (Ph. II)
Searcy	74 & 377	Gourd & Granny Creek Strs. & Apprs.
Stone	66	South Sylamore Creek-East (Passing Lane)
Union	167	El Dorado-Hwy. 335
Washington	16	Middle Fork White River Str. & Apprs. (Fayetteville)
Washington	112	Razorback Rd.-Garland Ave. (Hwy. 112) (Fayetteville)
Yell	Various	Hwy. 7-West
Various	Various	Shoulder Rumble Strips/Stripes (Sel. Secs.) (Dists. 1, 5, 6, 10)

[Wayward Memphian]

Fine mess you made on Ark 16 between Fayetteville and Elkins. The new light at Stone Bridge backs up traffic farther than before and since the 4 lane only begins at the lightn, that is once Sweetser stops taking it's sweet ass time to do it, does little to fix that. I live just past the widened bridge and it is quicker for me at 7 am to immediately turn back off 16 an go through.the golf course and use the new light than actually.staying on 16. I'm not the only one to figure it out, so you are funneling more into residential. Brilliance at work at the AHDT.  To widen a road to 4 lanes and rebuild a bridge to 4 lanes at the same time and not widen the 3/4ths of a mile between the two is the definition of stupidity and that defines the AHTD.

Another thing is the stupid short light at Razorback/MLK for left hand turns each way. It only gives a green arrow long enough for three cars when there's about 10 at each light. At least two vehicles run it every single time.