The City of Benton will hold the Commissions Committee meeting on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, following the Community Services Meeting. The public is invited to come to the meetings in Council Chambers at the Benton Municipal Complex. The address is 114 S East Street. The meetings will be held following Community Services in Council Chambers. […]
Benton committees meet Nov 13th to consider solar, surplus, service & water
The City of Benton will hold several meetings on Monday, November 13, 2023. The Finance Committee meeting starts at 5:00PM. Animal Services and Commissions Committee meetings follow. The public is invited to come to the meetings in Council Chambers at the Benton Municipal Complex. The address is 114 S East Street. The meetings will be […]
Benton to consider demolishing, annexing & town hall meetings July 11th
The City of Benton Community Services Committee will to meet Tuesday, July 11th, 2023, immediately following the Parks and Streets Committee meetings. Those begin at 5:00 p.m. Items for discussion include demolishing several properties, annexing land, and scheduling town hall meetings. The meetings are located in the Council Chambers in the Benton Municipal Complex. The address is 114 S. East Street. This is […]
Benton committees meet June 13th to consider trails, flooding downtown, overlaying streets
Two Benton committees will meet on Tuesday, June 13th, 2023 to consider various items. The Parks Committee will meet at 5:00 p.m., to discuss a grant, the greenway and mountain bike park. The Streets and Stormwater Committee will meet immediately after Parks, to discuss right-of-way on Kenwood, Drainage on W. Cross Street and asphalt overlay […]
ARDOT to fund improvements for Benton streets & state highways
District 6 of the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) finalized plans Thursday morning to resurface some major state highways in Benton. Some city streets will be resurfaced as well, with ARDOT’s help. Cranford Construction has been awarded the project. See the three parts of the project below, including maps. The highways to be resurfaced are […]
Huge load traveling slowly with escorts on Arkansas highways May 10-15
UPDATE MAY 10, 2023 A MySaline reader was watching IDriveArkansas on Wednesday May 10th before 10:00 a.m. She caught this screenshot above of the huge load and convoy to coming through, on Highway 82 in the area west of Crossett. The Arkansas Department of Transportation posted a photo of the kiln – looking similar to […]
ARDOT to shift traffic on the Frontage Road July 6th
Traffic on the Interstate 30 eastbound frontage road in Saline County will shift north of its current alignment as part of the construction project to widen I-30 to six lanes. Weather permitting, I-30 eastbound frontage road traffic between Exit 116 and Airlane Drive will be shifted onto existing Interstate pavement and separated from interstate traffic […]
ARDOT contractor to begin 17-mile, $40 million overlay project on Interstate
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) has another project planned to improve Interstate 30 in Saline and Pulaski Counties. ARDOT awarded the job to Redstone Construction for just over $40.5 million. This work will resurface 16.5 miles of Interstate 30 between Geyer Springs Road in Little Rock and South Street in Benton. Also, rumble strips […]
Hwy 5 store property sold for road widening; Jellystone cabin up for grabs
A Benton business is looking to sell an historical log cabin, due to a highway widening project. Northern Properties, who purchased the land from the Stout family in 2006, owned a convenience store located at 1921 Arkansas Highway 5 North. This is right in front of Dogwood Lakes Apartments, at the intersection of Alcoa Road. […]
Boozman reports legislation for $300B to repair & modernize roads and bridges
U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) announces legislation that will put $300 billion toward roads and bridges across the country – a sore issue with Saline County and Arkansas residents these days. The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) unanimously passed a landmark surface transportation reauthorization bill to invest over $300 billion to repair […]