Pulse: Project News for the Week of September 7, 2020
Arkansas The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Dept. is planning to carry out a Highway 71 improvement project. The work involves constructing 3.3 miles of a two-lane section of an ultimate four-lane section of Highway 549 in Benton County, including a 557-ft continuous composite plate girder bridge and a 188-ft continuous composite W-beam bridge. The project is valued at between $15 million and $20 million. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Dept., P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock, 72203. DR#17-00741933.
Florida The South Florida Water Management District and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are planning to restore the Loxahatchee River Watershed. The project entails constructing a 9,500-acre-ft reservoir augmented with four aquifer storage recovery wells. In addition, it includes improvements to culverts and a new operable weir on Cypress Creek Canal, plugging ditches to improve sheet flow in the Nine Gems tract and a flow-through marsh to capture canal and sheet flow from the west. The project is valued at $740.8 million. South Florida Water Management District, 3301 Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, 33406. DR#03-00720966.