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Committee debates planning, permitting and growth as Faulkner County weighs future road and development needs
Summary
Committee members discussed a stalled roads-categorization planning effort, concern about permitting and fire-department plan reviews, and the potential effects of a recent state law described in the meeting as "Act 314" that removed municipal ETJs.
Members of the Faulkner County Infrastructure and Roads Committee used the meeting to revisit broader planning and permitting issues tied to county growth, saying a recent roads-categorization project had not advanced because committee members did not perceive sufficient "will" from the quorum court to pursue it.
Committee members described a multi-part set of issues that could affect future county infrastructure workloads: standardizing permitting and plan reviews across many volunteer fire districts, addressing floodplain and road-plot standards before development occurs, and preparing…
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