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SLIDE 2 Four Year Road Improvement Plan
2011 thru 2014
2011 thru 2013 2014 Total
Tons of Gravel 472,042 130,000 est 602,042 Miles of 4” gravel/ Drainage Improvements 161.4 32.6 193.8 Asphalt overlay 43.2 18.6 61.8 Chip and Seal overlay 46.0 4.5 50.5 New Chip & Seal 12.0 14.3 26.3 Total Improved Miles 262.6 70.0 332.6
SLIDE 3 Bridges completed 2014
Lynn Creek Bridge (State Aid) Rockhouse Road Bridge (50% Hazard Mitigation) Plant Church Road (low water crossing totally rebuilt) Post Office Road (low water crossing top re-poured)
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SLIDE 5 Long Term Annual Goals
- 1. Spread 125,000 tons of gravel.
- 2. Replace or repair 3 – 4 bridges.
- 3. Add 15 or more miles of Chip & Seal
2015 Plans
– 80 Miles of Road Improvement
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2015 Gravel
Merryman Road 1.8 Grassy Hollow Road 4.0 Eric Lane (done) Essie Lane (done) Cave Road (done) Hape (done) Post Office 1.0 (done) Oyler Road 4.0 (done) Bennet Mtn, Rd. 1.0 Rabbit Ridge 3.0
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2015 Gravel cont.
Scratch Gravel 1.5 Long Branch/Carl 2.0 Round Spring Road 7.0 New Haven Harmony Mtn. Rd. Charity Road Holly Leaf Road Possum Walk Road 2.5 Crowell Mtn. Rd. 5.0 Brock Road 4.0
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2015 Gravel cont.
Chimes 4.0 Bald Mtn. 2.0 Lute Mountain (side roads) 3.0 Porter Coyote Canyon Parkstone Lollipop Total 45.8 miles
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2015 CHIP & SEAL - 2X NEW ROADS
East Mountain 1.5 Lo-Gap Road (Alread side) 2.5 Black Hill (Hwy 356) 4.0 Cadron Creek Road 1.0 Lute Mountain 3.0 Total 12.0 miles
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2015 CHIP & SEAL OVERLAY
Ranch Road 1.5 French Road 1.0 Scratch Gravel (Gas Co.) 3.0 Barren Road (Gas Co.) 2.5 Barrens Loop (Gas Co.) 2.0 Total 10.0 miles
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2015 ASPHALT OVERLAY
Post Oak (Gas Co. & Contractor) 4.5 Brickey (County) 1.6 Banner Mountain (County) .8 Total 6.9 Miles
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2016 Gravel
Dabney 5.0 Watergate (side roads) 5.0 Stuart Road 1.5 Steel Road 2.0 Oaktree Road 2.0 Sawmill Road 2.5 Fairbanks Road 3.0 Banner Loop/Orchard Road 3.0 Graddy Road 1.0
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2016 Gravel cont.
Cut-off Road 1.5 Queen Simmons 1.5 Peyton Creek Mtn. Rd 2.0 Happy Road 5.0 Hampton Road Van Buren-Conway County Line Road
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2016 Gravel cont.
Rockhouse 4.0 Lawrence Pennington Franklin Lane 1.5 Total 40.5 miles
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2016 CHIP & SEAL - 2X NEW ROADS
Lo-Gap (Final Section) 3.5 Dodd Mountain 2.0 Quarry & Dayton 3.0 Cut-off Road 1.5 Lake Cliff 3.0 Oakvale 1.0 Radio Road .5 Shady Grove 4.3 Total 18.8 miles
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2016 CHIP & SEAL OVERLAY
Cut-off Road 1.5 Ranch Road 4.5 Van Buren & Cleburne Co. Line Road and Sequioyah Ranch Rd. 5.0 Total 11.0 miles
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2016 ASPHALT OVERLAY
Burnt Ridge Road 2.0
2016 ASPHALT STATE-AID
The New Road 2.7
SLIDE 18 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2014
- 1. Highway 65 project in Clinton, to be completed in 2015.
- 2. Cash Saver purchases Thriftway.
- 3. Global Food started production in May.
- 4. Fairfield Bay Conference Center has full year of
- peration with 100+ events.
- 5. Tourism seemed to be very positive for 2014. In 2013
Tourism dollars were up 4%. In 2014 Tourism dollars were up 7.45%.
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Area Tourism
2013 2014
% Increase
Van Buren $57.128 mm $61.381 mm 7.45 Cleburne 141.651 mm 162.518 mm 14.70 Stone 64.950 mm 79.202 mm 21.90 Total $263.729 mm $303.101 mm 14.92
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- 6. Sales Tax dollars up 3.5% after discounting for rebates.
- 7. A 6% increase gas wells - 87 new for 2014.
- 8. 70 miles of County Road improvements.
- 9. Solid Waste Tonnage volume up 1.7%.
- 10. Recycling volume up 18%.
- 11. Tire recycling up 9%
- 12. Clinton Chamber reports: 30 additional businesses
22 ribbon cuttings 11 New Business Members
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- 13. Hospital completes out-patient room addition.
- 14. Unemployment: July 2010 11.7% / August 2014 – 6.5%
- 15. Four new or remodeled bridges.
- 16. Employment:
Employed Labor Force July, 2010 6525 7225 November, 2014 6725 7150
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- 1. Petroleum prices @ 6 year low.
- 2. Scheduled road mileage improvement – 80 miles.
- 3. Scheduled bridge improvement – 4.
- 4. Continued expansion of recycling efforts.
- 5. Hospital to add building for Home Health and Medical
Office facilities.
- 6. Gas Companies projects to drill 250 - 275 wells in
Fayettville Shale counties.
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
2015
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- 7. Construction begins on Highway 65 – 4 lanes plus
turn lane from Damascus to north of Bee Branch.
- 8. New Livestock Auction in Damascus.
- 9. New Dollar General Store in Bee Branch.
- 10. Library to start construction in February.
- 11. Working with UACCM on LPN nursing program to
begin in January, 2016.
- 12. Continue efforts to promote tourism in the area.
- 13. Global Food expanding product line and cold storage.
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- 14. Continue expansion of Marina Areas at:
Sugarloaf Choctaw & Fairfield Bay
- 15. Continue to work with Quorum Court, City Mayors
and Officials, Hospital and local Banking Community to promote economic status of Van Buren County.
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- 16. Continue to work with State & Local Economic
Development groups. (A) We Love VBC - Arkansas Agriculture Extension Service (B) VBC Economic Development – Arkansas Economic Development Commission [C] Uncommon Communities – Winthrop Rockefeller Institute (D) Fairfield Bay 2035 – Local Fairfield Bay Committee
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Population Growth Van Buren and Surrounding Counties
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Population Growth
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Population Growth
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Population Growth
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Population Growth
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Population Growth
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Population Growth
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Population Growth
SLIDE 34 Vision For The Future
- f Van Buren County
- 1. STATUS
- 2. INFRASTRUCTURE
- 3. HEALTH CARE
- 4. HIGHER EDUCATION
- 5. ECONOMIC GROWTH
- A. Tourism and Retirement
- B. Industrial
- C. Small Business
- D. Agriculture
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Plan Today For a Future Tomorrow!!!
