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Little Rock officials present $80M–$130M vision for 30 Crossing park, propose phased start this year
Summary
Parks staff described a 14‑month master plan for 30 Crossing, an 18‑acre downtown park largely on ARDOT right‑of‑way, and recommended a Phase 0 (low‑permanence) start while pursuing grants, private fundraising and partnerships; full build costs were estimated at roughly $80–$130 million.
Leland, the parks project lead, laid out the 14‑month master plan for 30 Crossing — an 18‑acre downtown site reclaimed from old interstate right‑of‑way — and said staff are pursuing a phased approach to begin physical work as soon as this year.
“This is an unbelievable project, in terms of cost and everything else,” Leland said, describing a concept designed by Sasaki that draws on Arkansas’s mountains, delta and river landscapes. He said the plan ranges in estimated full build cost from about $80 million on the low end to roughly $130 million at the high end, with a working midpoint of about $100 million.
Why it matters: 30 Crossing would transform a large, centrally located swath of open…
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