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5/10/2017

Contractors could get incentives for early completion of Northwest Arkansas road projects

By Jeff Della Rosa
TBP

Northwest Arkansas motorists might not have to dodge orange barrels for quite as long because the mild winter has allowed state highway projects to progress at a faster pace.

A normal winter might lead road crews to lose 45-60 days to weather, Arkansas Highway Commissioner Philip Taldo said.  After it snows, "it's got to melt and got to dry out the mud.  We are a good 60 days ahead of what a normal winter would be." And 120 days ahead of a hard winter.

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