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TRANSPORTATION & UTILITY
ASSETS MOVE ECONOMY FORWARD
by Kevin Litwin
IT HELPS TO HAVE GOOD CONNECTIONS, American, Delta, United and U.S.
Airways) with numerous direct
and a strong infrastructure network is in place throughout flights to many U.S. cities.
Fayetteville and the Northwest Arkansas region.
As for rail, Fayetteville
s “The Arkansas State Highway and Stonebridge Road, and companies can move cargo
and Transportation Department a huge future effort will be freight via the Arkansas
has spent $1.3 billion in recent widening the I-49 Corridor Missouri Railroad, which has
years on 331 road projects to six lanes and adding operated between Fort Smith,
in Washington County interchanges between Martin Arkansas, and Monett, Missouri,
[Fayetteville] and neighboring Luther King Jr. Boulevard and for the past 29 years. The
Benton County, especially along Highway 72 in Bentonville. railroad annually transports
key corridors between the cities about 36,000 carloads of freight,
of Fayetteville and Bentonville,” “The I-49 Corridor project hauling commodities such as
says Dick Trammel, chairman should be completed by early sand, grain, poultry products,
of the Arkansas State Highway 2020 – that’s the one that frozen products and scrap metal.
Commission. “The future for people in Fayetteville are really
highway travel in and around interested in,” Trammel says. “Our railroad contributes
Fayetteville is really good.” “One of the fastest-growing areas quite a bit to the business
in the United States is Northwest economy of Fayetteville and its
Major thoroughfares serving Arkansas, and the Arkansas State surrounding area because we
Fayetteville include Interstate Highway and Transportation serve many manufacturers and
49, U.S. Routes 62 and 71, and Department is doing its best to other industries,” says Brenda
Arkansas Highways 16, 45, 112, help residents and commerce in Rouse, Arkansas Missouri
180 and 265. that region move forward.” Railroad passenger train
operations manager.
“A key just-completed road ENERGY, AIR AND RAIL
project was the widening of Rouse adds that in addition to
Razorback Road (Highway Other key contributors to the industrial side of business,
112) to four and five lanes the area’s infrastructure network the railroad operates a tourism
between Martin Luther King Jr. are AEP Swepco and Ozarks excursion train whose stops
Boulevard and Leroy Pond Drive, Electric Cooperative, which include Fayetteville, Springdale
which was especially important provide electricity to this and Rogers.
because the road runs along region, while SourceGas is the
the parking lots for University natural gas provider. Meanwhile, “A lot of people don’t realize
of Arkansas football games,” Fayetteville and Northwest that tourism is one of the
Trammel says. Arkansas air travelers are largest industries in Arkansas,
served by Northwest Arkansas and the A&M excursion line
Other big road projects Regional Airport, which opened is a contributor,” she says. “
include the widening of in 1998. The airport hosts five The train goes through the
Highway 16 to four lanes commercial carriers (Allegiant, Ozark Mountains, with about
between Armstrong Avenue 40,000 passengers riding the
line each year.”
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ASSETS MOVE ECONOMY FORWARD
by Kevin Litwin
IT HELPS TO HAVE GOOD CONNECTIONS, American, Delta, United and U.S.
Airways) with numerous direct
and a strong infrastructure network is in place throughout flights to many U.S. cities.
Fayetteville and the Northwest Arkansas region.
As for rail, Fayetteville
s “The Arkansas State Highway and Stonebridge Road, and companies can move cargo
and Transportation Department a huge future effort will be freight via the Arkansas
has spent $1.3 billion in recent widening the I-49 Corridor Missouri Railroad, which has
years on 331 road projects to six lanes and adding operated between Fort Smith,
in Washington County interchanges between Martin Arkansas, and Monett, Missouri,
[Fayetteville] and neighboring Luther King Jr. Boulevard and for the past 29 years. The
Benton County, especially along Highway 72 in Bentonville. railroad annually transports
key corridors between the cities about 36,000 carloads of freight,
of Fayetteville and Bentonville,” “The I-49 Corridor project hauling commodities such as
says Dick Trammel, chairman should be completed by early sand, grain, poultry products,
of the Arkansas State Highway 2020 – that’s the one that frozen products and scrap metal.
Commission. “The future for people in Fayetteville are really
highway travel in and around interested in,” Trammel says. “Our railroad contributes
Fayetteville is really good.” “One of the fastest-growing areas quite a bit to the business
in the United States is Northwest economy of Fayetteville and its
Major thoroughfares serving Arkansas, and the Arkansas State surrounding area because we
Fayetteville include Interstate Highway and Transportation serve many manufacturers and
49, U.S. Routes 62 and 71, and Department is doing its best to other industries,” says Brenda
Arkansas Highways 16, 45, 112, help residents and commerce in Rouse, Arkansas Missouri
180 and 265. that region move forward.” Railroad passenger train
operations manager.
“A key just-completed road ENERGY, AIR AND RAIL
project was the widening of Rouse adds that in addition to
Razorback Road (Highway Other key contributors to the industrial side of business,
112) to four and five lanes the area’s infrastructure network the railroad operates a tourism
between Martin Luther King Jr. are AEP Swepco and Ozarks excursion train whose stops
Boulevard and Leroy Pond Drive, Electric Cooperative, which include Fayetteville, Springdale
which was especially important provide electricity to this and Rogers.
because the road runs along region, while SourceGas is the
the parking lots for University natural gas provider. Meanwhile, “A lot of people don’t realize
of Arkansas football games,” Fayetteville and Northwest that tourism is one of the
Trammel says. Arkansas air travelers are largest industries in Arkansas,
served by Northwest Arkansas and the A&M excursion line
Other big road projects Regional Airport, which opened is a contributor,” she says. “
include the widening of in 1998. The airport hosts five The train goes through the
Highway 16 to four lanes commercial carriers (Allegiant, Ozark Mountains, with about
between Armstrong Avenue 40,000 passengers riding the
line each year.”
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