Governor announces opposition to installing toll booths on existing Arkansas interstate highways.
Mike Huckabee announced today his opposition to installing toll booths on existing Arkansas interstate highways. Huckabee was responding to a proposal by members of the Arkansas Highway Commission to install toll booths on existing interstates. He said surveys show Arkansans overwhelmingly oppose tolling existing interstates. The council's task was to prioritize Arkansas' highway needs and come up with a plan to fund them that Arkansans could support. Arkansas' interstates already were among the worst and oldest in the nation when Huckabee took office July 15, 1996.