Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department

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Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD)
Seal of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department.svg
Agency overview
Formed 1913
Preceding agency
  • State Highway Department
Jurisdiction Arkansas State Government
Headquarters 10324 Interstate 30, Little Rock, Arkansas
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Employees 3,578 (June 2009)[1]
Annual budget Decrease US$ 402 million (2009)[1]
Agency executives
  • Scott Bennett, Director[2]
  • Ralph Hall, Assistant to the Director
  • Frank Vozel, Deputy Director and Chief Engineer
Child agency
  • Arkansas Highway Police
Website http://www.arkansashighways.com/

The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) is a government department in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Its mission is to provide a safe, efficient, aesthetically pleasing and environmentally sound intermodal transportation system for the user.[3] It manages the state highway system and is actively involved with public transportation systems within the state such as with aid to individual county road systems.[1] Its headquarters are in Little Rock.[4]

History

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Originally started as a commission of three elected officials in 1913,[5] the agency has since expanded over the years to include a director and five commissioners appointed by the governor as well as its powers to include full oversight into the planning, construction, and maintenance of Arkansas roads.

AHTD and the Nebraska Department of Roads are the only state transportation agencies in the United States whose name still refers to "highways" or "roads"; most others are now known as the "(name of state) Department of Transportation" after the U.S. Department of Transportation.[citation needed] The "Highway" in AHTD's name is largely required by the Arkansas Constitution which created the Arkansas Highway Commission as its governing body; the Constitution still calls it the "State Highway Department", but the legislature added "and Transportation" to its name in 1977.[citation needed] Many people in Arkansas continue to call it the "Highway Department" to this day.[citation needed]

Administration

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Resident Engineer's office in West Memphis

For administrative purposes, AHTD has divided the state of Arkansas into 10 districts[6] supervised by district offices along with 85 county area maintenance headquarters and 31 resident engineer offices located across the state. Most districts cover multiple counties. As a state agency, its central offices are located in Little Rock, which is covered by District 6.[7]

See also

References

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External links

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