Arkansas legislative leaders push for underground walkway between state Capitol, Multi-Agency Complex

Air handling system, tunnel projected to cost millions

Secretary of State John Thurston (left) speaks at the state Capitol in Little Rock in this July 2, 2020 file photo. At right, the utility tunnel between the state Capitol and the Multi-Agency Complex to the west is shown in a February 1999 file photo. Thurston wants to install new air handling system equipment for the north half of the state Capitol, and Arkansas legislative leaders want to build a secured underground walkway that is more pedestrian-friendly than the utility tunnel. (Left, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Staton Breidenthal; right, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette file photo)


Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston wants to install new air handling system equipment for the north half of the state Capitol, and Arkansas legislative leaders want to place an underground secured walkway between the state Capitol and the Multi-Agency Complex immediately west of it.

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