Notice to Media

Highway Department Extends U.S. 62 Project

LITTLE ROCK (7-18) – A proposed improvement project on Highway 62 has been extended by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD), according to AHTD Director Dan Flowers.

The Department held a public involvement meeting last summer at the Rogers Municipal Airport to discuss the proposed widening project along U.S. Highway 62 from State Highway 94 to the southern city limits of Avoca. Approximately 80 local citizens visited the session where a preliminary design was available for public consideration and comment.

“A primary concern of those attending the meeting was an extension of the highway widening through Avoca in order to relieve congestion and safety problems along U.S. 62 inside the city limits,” said Flowers.

The proposed project will now upgrade a portion of U.S. 62 beginning at the intersection of U.S. 62 and State Highway 94 in Rogers and ending north of the Avoca city limits. The length of the project is approximately five miles.

The existing four-lane roadway from State Highway 94 to U.S. 62B will be overlayed and re-striped to provide a five-lane roadway. No additional right-of-way will be required for this section of the project.

The existing roadway east of U.S. 62B consists of two 12-foot lanes with 10-foot shoulders. Proposed improvements to the urban section call for widening the existing roadway to four 11-foot travel lanes with a 12-foot center turn lane.

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