Conway Western Arterial Loop: Final Environmental Impact Statement
Provided by Garver Engineering, April 28, 2010
The Final Environmental Impact Statement was approved by FHWA on April 27th, 2010. We expect that the design phase of the Southern Interchange and portion of the loop to Sturgis Road will begin with surveys in July after the Record of Decision has been signed.
  Opening Section (466k)
Section 1 - Purpose and Need (952k)
Section 2 - Alternatives (4,307k)
Section 3 - Affected Environment (10,853k)
Section 4 - Environmental Impacts Assessment (101k)
Section 5 - List of Preparers (44k)
Section 6 - Distribution of Statement (43k)
Section 7 - Comments and Coordination (281k)
Section 8 - References (47k)
Appendix A - Level of Service (55k)
Appendix B - Agency Scoping Meeting (645k)
Appendix C - Public Involvement (800k)
Appendix D - Project Funding (309k)
Appendix E - Geotechnical Feasibility Investigation (2,849k)
Appendix F - USACE Concurrence and Wetland Determination (27,418k)
Appendix G - Arkansas Department of Natural Heritage Coordination (876k)
Appendix H - Plant Investigation Study (961k)
Appendix I - Natural Resources Conservation Service Coordination (331k)
Appendix J - Cultural Resources Report (12,445k)
Appendix K - Stormwater Runoff Minimization Measures (67k)
Appendix L - Notice of Intent (260k)
Appendix M - Cooperating Agency Coordination(1,445k)
Appendix N - Tribal Consultation (619k)
Appendix O - Layout of Alternatives (7,475k)
Appendix P - Layout of Preferred Alternative (6,159k)
Appendix Q - DEIS Reevaluation (4,634k)

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Conway Western Loop Study
Completed 2004
Last update: 1-13-2010

The Sunday, January 10, 2010, edition of The Log Cabin Democrat contained an article by staff writer Joe Lamb detailing the status of the "Western Loop" project. Click here to read the article.

Information on this page is provided for historical or background purposes only. It should be noted that following completion of the Western Loop Study, the Conway City Council on August 10, 2004, selected Route A as the desired route for the Western Loop. To date, funds have not been available for the city to implement this much needed, multimillion dollar project.

Conway Western Loop Draft Environmental Impact Study
(35Meg PDF)
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This project consisted of Garver Engineers, Inc., (now Garver, LLC) providing planning and engineering services to the City of Conway to conduct location and alignment studies. The studies determined the most economical and enviromentally acceptable route location and design for a western arterial loop on the south and west sides of Conway.

Flow chart showing design process and time table. (47 k PDF)

Four proposed routes were considered in the now completed study. You may click on the links below to view the routes in Web page format or as an Acrobat Reader PDF file. You will be able to zoom in on the acrobat version.

Web Page Format: Acrobat Reader Format:
Route A Route A (1 meg)
Route B Route B (1 meg)
Route C Route C (1 meg)
Route D Route D (1 meg)

The blue dots shown on the route maps represent areas of significance to be avoided by the loop right-of-way.

The location and design selected to be acceptable to the City with concurrence of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD), the Federal Highway Admininstration (FHWA), and Metroplan. The studies will document the National Enviromental Policy (NEPA) process. A functional preliminary design will be prepared for the selected alignment.

Again, Garver Engineers, Inc. (now Garver, LLC), provided planning and engineering services to the city to conduct the location and alignment studies for this project that resulted in the selection of Route A as the most economical and environmentally acceptable route for a western arterial loop. Their address is provided for information only.

Garver, LLC
4701 Northshore Drive
North Little Rock, AR 72118