FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) – Some residents in Fayetteville are involved with an absence of lighting on I-49 in Fayetteville. Rodney Hicks, a Fayetteville resident, is a kind of individuals.
In line with Hicks, he’s reported the problem just a few instances to the Metropolis of Fayetteville and the Arkansas Division of Transportation. He has to drive on the interstate 3 times per week for dialysis therapies and mentioned visibility will be extraordinarily low at night time, particularly if it’s raining.
A number of the areas he mentioned are worrisome are across the 1-49N on and off ramp and across the Fulbright Expressway. He thinks there needs to be extra lights at each interchange all the way in which to the Missouri state line.
“This isn’t precisely a rustic city anymore. It’s rising by leaps and bounds by the 1000’s. We have to mild it up for security’s sake,” Hicks mentioned.
In line with the Metropolis of Fayetteville, it receives calls infrequently about lighting on the interstate. The town doesn’t have any fast plans to handle the problem.
Ellen Coulter, the deputy public data officer for ARDOT, mentioned the duty of lighting the interstates reside with the cities and counties they undergo. They only want to achieve out to ARDOT to get it permitted and transfer ahead with set up.
“We’re capable of work with them on accessible funding and design plans and issues like that in sure conditions,” Coulter mentioned.
Hicks mentioned he’s additionally observed an absence of reflective lights on interstate roads. Coulter mentioned ARDOT goes although each different 12 months to put in these on the roads as wanted. She added that it’s frequent throughout winter climate for snow plows to undergo and pop them off, however they are going to be changed.
