DRA Announces Area Projects, including Scogin Dr. Extension
November 30th, 2016 by
Delta Regional Authority, state and local partners announce $26 million to strengthen Arkansas’s workforce, infrastructure, and economy
The Delta Regional Authority and Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, together with their federal and local-based partners, today announced nearly $26 million in new investments aimed at strengthening Arkansas’s infrastructure, workforce, and ecomony.
Listed here, or the project closest to Drew county.
MONTICELLO: Scogin Drive Extension. DRA Investment: $200,000. Total Investment: $3,950,000. Construct an extension of Scogin Drive/AR Hwy 83 from its current end at Old Warren Road, northward to intersect with U.S. Highway 278 West creating connectivity to the Health and Education Complex. This connectivity will create a safer and more efficient traffic system within the Health and Education Complex and alleviate the hazardous bottle-neck which exists today.
ARKANSAS CITY: Pave Delta Heritage Trail Access Road. DRA Investment: $194,853. Total Investment: $194,853. Pave the levee ramp to help develop and expand the recreational, historic, and cultural assets of Arkansas City to the extent that the area will become a tourist destination; thereby providing substantial economic opportunity and growth in southeast Arkansas.
CLEVELAND COUNTY: Improve River Ridge Access Road & Parking Lot. DRA Investment: $100,000. Total Investment: $100,000. Cleveland County will make improvements to an access road and parking lot that will accommodate River Ridge Equipment Company in Cleveland County, Arkansas. The company has committed to creating at least 3 new jobs in the Cleveland County Area.
CHICOT: Investing in new Mammography Equipment. DRA Investment: $105,000.Total Investment: $271,464. The Delta Regional Authority will help purchase 3 pieces of mammography equipment (including installation) to use at Chicot Memorial Medical Center to help reduce deaths from female breast cancer. If this equipment purchase is not made Chicot Memorial will stop performing mammograms.
MCGHEE: Investing in new Radiological Equipment. DRA Investment: $200,000. Total Investment: $200,000. The new equipment will be utilized in the new McGhee Rural Health Clinic. It will perform mobile, digital, and analog X-Rays.
The investments were made primarily through the DRA States’ Economic Development Assistance Program, the agency’s main federal funding program that invests in basic public infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, workforce development, and small business and entrepreneurship, and health access projects in the 252 counties and parishes of the eight-state Delta region. DRA coordinates directly with Arkansas’s six planning and development districts in the region for program funding implementation.
DRA leadership works closely with the governor of each state and his board designee to identify projects to receive SEDAP investments, which are aligned with state economic development goals. These federal investments require a minimal investment of state funds that can bring a large return in DRA and other agency funding and result in a great economic impact for the Delta region of Arkansas.
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