It includes a pamphlet showing construction zones that will be updated every three months. Tourist center personnel can provide current construction information, as well as recommend sites to visit along alternative routes. Near some construction zones are signs alerting motorists of AM frequencies on which Highway Advisory Radio can be heard. Regularly updated announcements about conditions in work zones ahead are broadcast. As work zones are approached, signs displaying variable messages flash safety tips and warnings.
Some signs display average vehicle speed ahead or estimated delays.
To keep traffic moving in construction zones, two units of the department s Motorist Assistance Patrol will be operating near West Memphis and in Central Arkansas. The patrol s crews, riding in well-equipped vehicles, can deliver fuel, change tires, jumpstart batteries, arrange tows, extinguish fires, provide some first aid and otherwise assist motorists in continuing their travels. In addition, the program seeks to alert drivers to an Arkansas law that allows vehicles in non-injury accidents to be moved off roadways prior to the arrival of law enforcement officers. To provide consistency for drivers, the department has specified that traffic will merge into the left lane at all work zones and motorists are being advised to do so at the first sign indicating an upcoming construction zone. Not Pass signs posted near the start of such zones.