Expansion of Arkansas I-30 needs voters’ sales tax approval

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Central Arkansas is adding $350 million to the already $631.7 million plan aimed to improve a stretch of Interstate 30 through downtown Little Rock should voters approve a permanent 0.5% statewide sales tax. The Metroplan board of directors voted Wednesday to amend the agency’s transportation improvement plan to spend nearly $1 billion on a project that features the convergence of six major roadways in the space of less than 7 miles. According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the additional money will be available if voters approve a proposal on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. This is the most expensive project that the department has undertaken.

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