Highway Boondoggles 3: Big Projects. Bigger Price Tages. Limited Benefits., by the United States Public Interest Research Group and Frontier Group, is available here. This report explains why ArDOT's 30 Crossing project is a boondoggle on pages 5 and 29-30.
Two Arkansas Democrat Gazette op. eds. by Josh Silverstein and Chris Johnson criticizing the impact of the 30 Crossing project on downtown Little Rock are available here and here.
For some of the data regarding using the sales tax revenue on the I30 project, see Max Brantley, About that highway tax increase and what it will and won't pay for, Ark. Times., Sep. 4, 2020, available here or here.
A map released by ArDOT that details the agency's future highway construction plans is available here.
The Tax Foundation's summary of the American Petroleum Institute's findings on gas taxes are available here or here.
The American Petroleum Institute's full findings on gas and diesel taxes are available here or here.
And for additional information see:
No Permanent Tax. No On Issue 1 -- the ballot committee formed to oppose Issue 1 -- has a Facebook page here.
Improve 30 Crossing -- a Facebook group opposed to the 30 Crossing boondoggle -- is here.
Arkansas Department of Transportation Performance Review: Current State Assessment, by Guidehouse, commissioned by the Arkansas Legislature, is available here.
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