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Senator Bill Sample Talks Transportation MARCH/APRIL 2017 A PUBLICATION OF THE ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY & TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT Senator Bill Sample Talks Transportation Commissioner DIGGING IN A NEW FRANK SCOTT THE DIRT TO Striping Strategy Bids Farewell Preserve the Past for Highways FRONT COVER: DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE Senator Bill Sample on the steps ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY of the CapitolBACK COVER:in Little Rock. COMMISSION in Little Rock. The Challenge Remains the Same The State Capitol building PUBLISHER HE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE IN THE INSET APPEARED IN THE SPRING Danny Straessle 1980 ISSUE OF ARKANSAS HIGHWAYS MAGAZINE. THE THOUGHTFUL [email protected] DICK TRAMMEL Chairman WORDS WERE WRITTEN BY THEN DIRECTOR HENRY GRAY. EDITOR T David Nilles [email protected] in print today, 37 years later. Reading Gray’s message, it may remind you, ironically, of something you might find GRAPHIC DESIGNER We’ve experienced many noteworthy improvements in the transportation industry Paula Cigainero since that letter was written. Longer lasting pavements, Intelligent Transportation [email protected] CONTRIBUTING WRITERS for surveying and virtual weigh stations are just a few advances that have improved Matt Barnette Systems (ITS), high friction surface treatments, video traffic modeling, total stations our highway system. [email protected] Glenn Bolick THOMAS B. SCHUECK However, the more things change, the more they stay the same. The one thing that has remained constant over the Vice Chairman [email protected] years has been the need for additional revenue. Unfortunately, we aren’t able to raise revenue ourselves. For that, we rely PHOTOGRAPHER Rusty Hubbard onWhat our elected we are officials able to do both is the at homebest and in Washington, D.C. [email protected] job we possibly can with the funding that we have. I believe the effort each Correspondence should be directed to: A Message from ARKANSAS HIGHWAYS the Director Public Information Office every day is the reason we are one P.O. Box 2261, Room 1002 employee at the AHTD puts forth Little Rock, AR 72203-2261 As we move into the 80’s, highway use is ROBERT S. MOORE, JR. increasing, revenues are going down, Construction Member of the most efficient agencies in the and Maintenance costs are continuing to rise, transportation departments in the State, and one of the most efficient presenting many new challenges and problems. country. We are successful because Today, the major challenge is revenues. It is costing more than twice as much to build a job today as it of the hard work of each of our did in 1967. employees. As for funding, it always All state revenues except for highway funds seems to come through due to the hard have moved upward with the inflationary trends of our economy. Highway revenue sources have not. The fixed tax per gallon is today’s problem, reflecting the improved fuel economy of the small and lighter cars, carpooling and other important energy conservation measures. Arkansas Highways is published by work of our officials at the Capitol in And, while the Department is supportive of all such measures, we are also DALTON A. FARMER, JR. and for employees of the Arkansas State Although it never seems to be enough, most cognizant of the present and future highway needs. Member Little Rock and in Washington, D.C. Highway and Transportation Department as we are thankful for what we have and Our projections clearly point out that present highway revenue sources a medium of departmental news and other limit our ability to provide the transportation system necessary for the well information. It is also distributed free of being and support of our economy. A revenue source that will move up or charge to the public upon request. possible. The efforts of our elected will use it as wisely and efficiently as down with the costs is a must. Since the passage of the Mack-Blackwell Amendment to the state The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation employees are the key elements to constitution in 1952, establishing the Department as a constitutional Department (Department) complies with all civil rights officials and the hard work of our agency, much progress has been made. The ability to develop and carry provisions of federal statutes and related authorities keeping Arkansas’ highway system out long range plans on a pay as you go basis has provided Arkansas with that prohibit discrimination in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. Therefore, the one of the finest highway systems in the country. The 1980’s will demand the best it can possibly be. Department does not discriminate on the basis of race, that we protect that system and, at the same time, develop a more balanced sex, color, age, national origin, religion (not applicable transportation system for the future. Your Highway and Transportation as a protected group under the Federal Motor Carrier PHILIP TALDO Department is committed to doing just that. But, only through a concerned Safety Administration Title VI Program), disability, Member Limited English Proficiency (LEP), or low-income and dedicated public can our highway and transportation needs be met. status in the admission, access to and treatment in the Department's programs and activities, as well as the Department's hiring or employment practices. Complaints of alleged discrimination and inquiries regarding the Department's nondiscrimination policies may be directed to Joanna P. McFadden Section Head Scott E. Bennett, P.E. Henry Gray – EEO/DBE (ADA/504/Title VI Coordinator), P. 0. Box 2261, Little Rock, AR 72203, (501)569-2298, (Voice/ Director of Highways and Transportation Director of Highways & Transportation TTY 711), or the following email address: Joanna. [email protected]. Free language assistance for Limited English Proficient individuals is available upon request. This notice is available from the ADA/504/Title VI Coordinator in large print, on audiotape and in Braille. Senator Bill Sample at the State Capitol www.issuu.com/ArkansasHighways CHECK OUT THE ONLINE VERSION FOR ADDITIONAL CONTENT! MAGAZINE MARCH/APRIL 2017 CONTENTS FEATURES 5 .............................................................. A Champion for Better Highways: 17 State Senator Bill Sample A CHAMPION FOR 10 ........................................... Bennett Receives Top AASHTO Honor 12 ..........................................................................Commissioner Scott’s Term BETTER HIGHWAYS: Comes to a Close 16 ............. Philip Taldo Named New Highway Commissioner 17 ........................................................... AHTD After-Hours: For the Hunt 20 ..........................................................Weekend Road Trip: Arkadelphia STATE SENATOR 26 .................. New Look on Highways Means Safer Roadways 27 ............................Ken Jordan: Closing a Career on Job Safety BY DAVID NILLES 30 ........................................................................ Digging Into Arkansas’ Past BILL SAMPLE 35 ....................................................A New Kind of Combat for Military Surplus Equipment 30 EARS BACK, BILL SAMPLE WAS BUSY had to be collected at the point of sale and in his case, that made DEPARTMENTS OPERATING PESTCO, INC., HIS TERMITE/ PEST CONTROL COMPANY IN HOT Director’s Message ........................... 2 it difficult. SPRINGS. THE COMPANY WAS SUCCESSFUL AND HAD Out & About ....................................... 25 Y Rogers-Bentonville area,” he explains. “You could have clients on “As an example, we had an office in northwest Arkansas in the AHTD Events ...................................... 39 OFFICES ACROSS ARKANSAS AND INTO MISSOURI. both sides of a street with half of them being in Bentonville and Dear AHTD: Letters ....................... 43 THEN, IN 2003, THE THOUGHT CROSSED HIS MIND TO half in Rogers. If you weren’t cautious, you could be charging sales Arkansas Welcome Centers ..... 44 ENTER POLITICS. tax in the wrong area. I saw it as a big problem, so there and then; I Arkansas Rest Areas ...................... 45 decided to face the problem by becoming part of the solution.” Construction Corner ..................... 46 legislation that would require the service industry to collect sales AHTD People ...................................... 47 “There was a special session at the Capitol that year that enacted taxes from its customers and that directly affected my business,” A LEADER AT THE STATE CAPITOL Sample recalls. “I’ve always said the legislation skipped over the As a result, Sample entered politics in 2004 and was elected to alphabet a bit because they skipped accountants, attorneys and the Arkansas House of Representatives, and the rest is history. ➤ Building Ponds to Protect Endangered Wildlife architects… and skipped barbers and beauticians, but then they got IN THE my business.” ➤ The Rare Arkansas Endemic Crayfish Through the years, he has seen many changes at the Capitol. ➤ A Look Back: Toll Collector Residences Sample didn’t care for the legislation much because the sales tax NEXT issue “When I first came into the Legislature in 2005, I was the only Republican representative in the Fourth Congressional(continued District,” on page 6) 4 || WWW.ARKANSASHIGHWAYS.COM/MAGAZINE.ASPX Sample recalls. “I could have held my caucus meetings in the he comments. “But remember, we can’t use apples for apples AHTD bathroom. I served six years in the House, then I moved over to because all of the taxes that are related
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