I-30 planning study completed

A year-long planning study on how to improve the congested Interstate 30 corridor through downtown Little Rock and North Little Rock has won the federal government's seal of approval.

The Federal Highway Administration's letter accepting the planning and environmental linkages study and its recommendations to allows state highway officials to move to a more in-depth study of the estimated $450 million project to reduce congestion on the 6.7-mile corridor between Interstate 530 in Little Rock and Interstate 40 in North Little Rock and a small stretch of I-40 between I-30 and U.S. 67/167, also in North Little Rock.

It includes replacing the Arkansas River bridge, which was built 50 years ago and carries 125,000 vehicles daily. Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2018 and last until 2022.

Read Thursday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for more.

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