Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport

Access Road EIS

Bentonville, Arkansas

Barnard Dunkelberg & Company, in conjunction with a national engineering firm, is preparing the Environmental Impact Statement for the Airport Access Road, an eight mile divided highway that will intersect I-540 and provide direct access to the airport. We are the only airport consultants that have been continuously retained by the Authority since the inception of the airport.

The Environmental Impact Statement is being jointly administered by the Federal Highway Administration, the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department and the Airport Authority. The alternative corridor alignments were developed to avoid the fast growing residential and business developments in the area and to avoid two Federally listed endangered species. The access road is being planned as a toll facility, which would be the first toll facility in the state.

Project Features

• Two Federally listed endangered species to avoid.
• Several archeological sites to avoid/mitigate.
• Extensive coordination with state to avoid cumulative impacts associated with construction of two co-aligned highways.

Client:
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority
Scott VanLaningham, Executive Director
(501) 205-1000