KNWA:
The Arkansas Department of Transportation Director Lorie Tudor announced January 7 that construction of the Inerstate 49 section from Chaffee Crossing in Barling to the Interstate 40 intersection at Alma will begin in the Fall of 2022.
According to a news release from Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority, the announcement came during Tudor’s presentation during the monthly First Friday Breakfast event hosted by the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith.