Arkansas Department of Transportation

Arkansas Department of Transportation
Agency overview
Preceding agency
  • State Highway Department
Superseding agency
  • Arkansas Department of Transportation
Jurisdiction Arkansas State Government
Headquarters 10324 Interstate 30, Little Rock, Arkansas
34°40′15.8″N 92°22′57.8″W / 34.671056°N 92.382722°W / 34.671056; -92.382722
Employees 3,578 (June 2009)[1]
Annual budget Decrease US$ 402 million (2009)[1]
Agency executives
  • Scott Bennett, Lorie Tudor, Emanuel Banks, Director, Deputy Director and COO, Deputy Director and Chief Engineer
Child agency
  • Arkansas Highway Police
Website http://www.arkansashighways.com/

The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) 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.[2] It manages the state highway system and is involved with public transportation systems within the state such as with aid to individual county road systems.[1] Its headquarters are in Little Rock.[3]

History

Originally started as a commission of three elected officials in 1913,[4] the agency had 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 were the only state transportation agencies in the United States whose name still refers to "highways" or "roads"; all are now known as the "(name of state) Department of Transportation" after the U.S. Department of Transportation. The "Highway" in AHTD's name was 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.[5] Many people in Arkansas continue to call it the "Highway Department" to this day.

Administration

Resident Engineer's office in West Memphis

For administrative purposes, ArDOT 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 covered multiple counties. As a state agency, its central offices are located in Little Rock, which is covered by District 6.[7]

On June 8th, 2017, the AHTD announced that it would change it's name and logo to the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) effective July 31st, 2017.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Staff (2009). 2009 Facts (PDF) (Report). Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
  2. ↑ Staff (2007). "Mission Statement". Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
  3. ↑ Staff (2007). "Contact Us". Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Retrieved September 28, 2011.
  4. ↑ Scoggin, Robert W. (January 12, 2007). "Arkansas Highway Commission". Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  5. ↑ "Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) - Encyclopedia of Arkansas". www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  6. ↑ Staff (2007). "Districts". Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
  7. ↑ Staff (2007). "District 6". Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved August 23, 2010.

[1]

  1. ↑ Chaffin, Sarah. "New logo and name". KATV. KATV. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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