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City staff outlines 2023–25 resurfacing program, board presses for ward equity and online data access
Summary
Public works staff described outcomes of the 2023–25 resurfacing contracts, a new citywide street-condition mapping tool and a plan to spend roughly $1 million in leftover bond funds on three arterial segments; board members raised equity concerns after Ward 2 and Ward 7 received no additional segments in the current selections.
City public works staff briefed the Little Rock City Board of Directors on the status of the 2023–2025 resurfacing program, a new data-driven street-condition mapping tool and a plan to use roughly $1 million in leftover bond funds on three arterial street segments.
The briefing mattered because staff said the data tool provides a citywide inventory of street conditions intended to guide future resurfacing choices, and because several board members pressed staff about why the three segments chosen did not include projects in Ward 2 or Ward 7.
“Approximately a month ago, the board approved us to do a change order to do a few more streets in that resurfacing program,” said a public works presenter identified in the packet as Manish. He told the board the city maintains about 1,200 centerline…
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