Post by Logan on Jun 5, 2016 11:24:33 GMT -6
LITTLE ROCK - The Arkansas Highway Commission voted Wednesday to study adding part-time toll lanes to Little Rock area freeways, which supporters say could alleviate traffic for commuters and help efforts to expand mass transit in the region.
The commission approved partnering with Metroplan, the planning organization for the central Arkansas area, to study adding “high occupancy toll” lanes to Pulaski, Faulkner, Saline and Lonoke counties. The study will likely take six months to a year to complete.
“There are a lot of things being done in urban areas around the country and we want to see if it could be implemented in Arkansas and how it would work,” Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department Director Scott Bennett said.
Metroplan Executive Director Jim McKenzie said the HOT lanes could be available to drivers during morning and afternoon commutes for a price and for free to the area’s bus system, and be available to other drivers outside of peak driving time.
Read more: www.baxterbulletin.com/story/news/local/2016/06/02/state-weighs-toll-lanes-little-rock/85294444/
The commission approved partnering with Metroplan, the planning organization for the central Arkansas area, to study adding “high occupancy toll” lanes to Pulaski, Faulkner, Saline and Lonoke counties. The study will likely take six months to a year to complete.
“There are a lot of things being done in urban areas around the country and we want to see if it could be implemented in Arkansas and how it would work,” Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department Director Scott Bennett said.
Metroplan Executive Director Jim McKenzie said the HOT lanes could be available to drivers during morning and afternoon commutes for a price and for free to the area’s bus system, and be available to other drivers outside of peak driving time.
Read more: www.baxterbulletin.com/story/news/local/2016/06/02/state-weighs-toll-lanes-little-rock/85294444/