French Hill, Little Rock Port Mark First Part of $10.5M Expansion

Read more about the recent completion of a Little Rock Port Authority project funded in part by a $6.2 million grant written by Marsha Guffey. She now oversees the federal funding as the project continues into its second phase.

Full story can be found on ArkansasBusiness.com.

by Sarah Campbell-Miller , Arkansas Business, on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019 3:21 pm    

U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, speaks at the Little Rock Port Authority on Thursday during a celebration of the completion of the first phase of its two-phase, $10.5 million project. (Sarah Campbell-Miller)

“U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., joined the Little Rock Port Authority on Thursday to celebrate the completion of the first phase of a two-phase, $10.5 million project that will make improvements to Slackwater Harbor, including a new dock with direct dock-to-rail capability and new rail storage.

The project is funded in part by a $6.2 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (or TIGER) program.”