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ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY CO3MMISSJO
RAYMOND PRITCH=TT, CHAIRMAN
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BOBBY HOPPER
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FAx No. (50]) 569-24W
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City Manager
City Hall
Markham at Broadway
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Dear Mr. Dalton:
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MIAURICE SMITH
DoFECTOR C,
HIGHWAYS AND TFANS7O+:A710N
DAN FLOWERS
ASSIS7AN7 DIREC70= OF
HIGHWAYS AND 7RANSPOP7A71d:
CHARLES VEN.AEL E
CHEF ENGINE
As requested by your letter of December 20, 1990, the Department
staff has reviewed vour request for a break in the control_ or access
on -430 at 36th Street.
After reviewing the interchange feasibility study, it is the
Department's position that [a, proval o ' an ;' access.-:,,centro]._-.;,:break'..at k
h srr_-., -:would -be- :premature_:, While the study noted that the
interchange has been included in the PATS plannina and the Citz-'s
Master Street Plan, 'no-:-acti— ity" Lias occurred; -:which- zndica ted aneed"
f.v� the ' accass break decision-; at "this' -time: As noted a r. �he s tud :- ,
Cita} approval- -bf the Summit project was not condi}ionec u>Jc
provision of ar.=n-erchanoe at 36th Street. -
xA_t -such .time as conditions indicate the need for an interchange at.
t36afi`;;.Street,- the- Department will' reconsider -_-the-•` access break '•
Ereqpe. s_t
Ultimate approval of any access control change is a decision of the
Federal Highway Administration. rThe:i-"FHWA has .`recently 'revised;'its
E,pgl""icy.ton additional interchanges to the interstate System. Once
guidance on documenration requirements for additional interchanges
is received from the FHWA, this rin±ormatibn will'be forwarded% to
your office.
JAN 17 1991
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ARKANSAS STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
LITTLE ROCK. ARKANSAS
Mr. Thomas D. Dalton
City Manager
Page 2
January 4, 1991
The Department understands the need for strategic long term planning
to accommodate traffic needs. This letter is not a summary denial
of your request; rather it is a �"deferral=until`a :more: appropr`"ate
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Sincerely,
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Maurice Smith
Director of Highways
and Transportation