I-30 job targets rain-tied crashes

I-30 job targets rain-tied crashes
Accidents drop in resurface test
By Noel E. Oman
This article was published October 14, 2013 at 12:37 a.m.

Arkansas highway officials hope to reduce wet-weather crashes and save lives by replicating the results of a five-year test project that was carried out on a section of Interstate 30 in southwest Arkansas.

A $1.1 million project that resurfaced a section of I-30 in Little Rock last week is part of a larger initiative statewide to copy the results of the test project and reduce the traffic crashes caused by wet pavement.

The I-30 project in Little Rock is one of six for which the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department has awarded contracts in recent months on sections of I-30, Interstate 40 and Interstate 440 totaling about 23 miles. The contracts collectively cost about $6.3 million.

The sections were selected because they have a high percentage of crashes on wet pavement and aren't scheduled for construction within the next four years, said Randy Ort, a spokesman for the Highway Department.

According to the agency, 160 people died on Arkansas highways in wet-weather crashes from 2009-11. Of those, 28 happened on interstates.

More at link: http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2013/oct/14/i-30-job-targets-rain-tied-crashes-20131014/

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