Vote YES in the election, and encourage your employees, co-workers and associates to do likewise. The Arkansas Highway Commission plans to let contracts during the next two years, with all work completed within five years. Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater has urged his fellow Arkansans to take advantage of this concept. Arkansans already must pay in the form of federal fuel taxes. The bond market never has been more favorable for such a major issue.
Interest rates are low.
The economy is strong. This plan will allow the state to dedicate money from the three-cent gasoline tax increase to rural highways in Arkansas. Cities and counties will receive 15 percent each from both the diesel fuel tax increase and the gasoline tax increase. The longer we wait, the more difficult and expensive it will be to repair Arkansas roads. Poor roads are dangerous, they slow commerce and they increase user costs.