Supporting Arkansas Priorities
Senator Boozman has recommended to the Senate Committee on Appropriations that the following Arkansas projects receive funding in Fiscal Year 2023.
Agriculture, Rural Development, and FDA Appropriations
Waste Water Treatment Plant Rehabilitation at ARS Stuttgart
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center
Project Purpose: To rehabilitate the waste water treatment plant within the Rice Research and Extension Center of the University of Arkansas that is shared with the Agriculture Research Service.
Project Location: Stuttgart, AR
Amount Requested: $117,000
Certification Letter
Energy and Water Development Appropriations
Bayou Meto Basin, AR
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Project Purpose: Funding with be used for construction of the Bayou Meto Basin project to address depletion and resiliency of the Alluvial and Sparta aquifers.
Project Location: Lonoke, Pulaski, Prairie, Jefferson, and Arkansas Counties.
Amount Requested: $35,000,000
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Grand Prairie Region, AR
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Project Purpose: Funding will be used for construction of the Grand Prairie Region project to address depletion and resiliency of the Alluvial and Sparta aquifers.
Project Location: Lonoke, Pulaski, Prairie, Jefferson, and Arkansas Counties
Amount Requested: $35,000,000
Certification Letter
University of Arkansas Little Rock Cybersecurity Consortium for Innovation
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas Little Rock
Project Purpose: Funding for cybersecurity training and education.
Project Location: Little Rock, AR
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Certification Letter
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations
Automated Multipurpose Machine Gun Range
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Camp Joseph T. Robinson National Guard Base
Project Purpose: To modernize and upgrade Camp Joseph T. Robinson National Guard gun range
Project Location: North Little Rock, AR
Amount Requested: $9,500,000
Certification Letter
Pine Bluff Arsenal Access Control Points
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Pine Bluff Arsenal
Project Purpose: To modernize Pine Bluff Arsenal’s Access Control Points, including gates and bridges
Project Location: White Hall, AR
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Certification Letter
Pine Bluff Arsenal Sewage & Sanitation Modernization
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Pine Bluff Arsenal
Project Purpose: To support Pine Bluff Arsenal’s Water Improvement Project to modernize sewage and sanitation pipes.
Project Location: White Hall, AR
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Certification Letter
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations
City of Jonesboro Municipal Airport Runway Extension
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Jonesboro Municipal Airport
Project Purpose: The project will expand a primary runway, taxiway and parking ramp to help existing aircraft fully utilize the airport and operate more safely. It will also accommodate the much larger aircraft that have been limited by the existing facilities.
Project Location: Craighead County, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Certification Letter
Future I-57 Corridor
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas Department of Transportation
Project Purpose: The project will construct a section of Arkansas’ remaining portion of Future I-57 and will complete a continuous freeway facility linking Little Rock, Arkansas to Chicago, Illinois.
Project Location: Clay, Greene, Lawrence and Randolph counties in Arkansas
Amount Requested: $32,000,000
Certification Letter
Highway 60 Resilience Improvements
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas Department of Transportation
Project Purpose: The project will raise the roadway grade of the Highway 60 bridge approach to the Arkansas River Bridge in Perry County.
Project Location: River to West Perry County, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $30,000,000
Certification Letter
Highway 412 Corridor Improvements
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas Department of Transportation
Project Purpose: The project will provide improvements on the Highway 412 corridor in Boone, Lawrence, and Washington Counties consisting of various interchange and intersection improvements, passing lanes and major widening on various sections of Highway 412 that can lead to increased safety and mobility and enhanced economic competitiveness in Northern Arkansas.
Project Location: Boone, Lawrence and Washington Counties, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $43,000,000
Certification Letter
Mississippi Riverfront Docking, Ramp and Marina Development, City of Helena-West Helena
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: City of Helena-West Helena
Project Purpose: Rehabilitation and construction of riverfront infrastructure
Project Location: Phillips County, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $500,000
Certification Letter
Northwest Arkansas National Airport Access Road
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas Department of Transportation
Project Purpose: The project will construct a four-lane highway connecting the future Springdale Northern Bypass to the Northwest Arkansas National Airport to provide more direct access to the airport.
Project Location: Benton County, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $40,000,000
Certification Letter
Temporary Control Tower Replacement Project, Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Authority
Project Purpose: To replace the temporary air traffic control tower at XNA with a new tower that will meet all FAA standards and resolve critical line of site deficiencies.
Project Location: Benton County, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $8,000,000
Certification Letter
U.S. Highway 270 Widening
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas Department of Transportation
Project Purpose: The project will continue the widening of U.S. Highway 2270 from 2 to 5 lanes into the City of Hot Springs to provide increased mobility and safety and enhanced economic competitiveness of the metropolitan area.
Project Location: Ouachita River to East, Garland County, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $20,000,000
Certification Letter
Labor, Health and Human Service, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations
Arkansas State University Beebe, Expanding Registered Nursing Education in North Central Arkansas
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas State University Beebe
Project Purpose: To fund facilities and equipment including to expand the Bloodworth Building on the Searcy campus to increase instructional space for associate level Registered Nursing (RN) students, Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN)/Paramedic to RN transition program students and traditional associate level RN students.
Project Location: Searcy, AR
Amount Requested: $12,000,000
Certification Letter
Arkansas State University Three Rivers, Health Sciences Building
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas State University Three Rivers
Project Purpose: To fund facilities and equipment including to construct a new 330,000 square foot Health Sciences Building to house classrooms, labs and offices.
Project Location: Malvern, AR
Amount Requested: $12,000,000
Certification Letter
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Project Purpose: To fund facilities and equipment including to purchase three mobile vans fitted with cancer screening equipment to access geographically difficult regions.
Project Location: Little Rock, AR
Amount Requested: $4,000,000
Certification Letter
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Radiology Oncology Center MRI
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Project Purpose: To fund facilities and equipment including to fund an additional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Project Location: Little Rock, AR
Amount Requested: $1,750,000
Certification Letter
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Regional Cancer Center Enhancements
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
Project Purpose: To fund facilities and equipment including to fund renovations and additions to select regional center sites to provide rooms for cancer screening, care services and clinical trials education.
Project Location: Little Rock, AR
Amount Requested: $7,000,000
Certification Letter
Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for the Charlie Craig Centerton State Fish Hatchery
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Project Purpose: To fund the design, engineering and construction phases of the renovation of the Charlie Craig Centerton State Fish Hatchery
Project Location: Benton County, AR
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Certification Letter
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for the Joe Hogan State Fish Hatchery
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Project Purpose: To fund the design, engineering and construction phases of the renovation of the Joe Hogan State Fish Hatchery
Project Location: Lonoke, AR
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Certification Letter
Central Arkansas Water for West Pulaski County Water Delivery
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Central Arkansas Water
Project Purpose: To provide safe and reliable water services to the Ferndale area in West Pulaski County.
Project Location: Pulaski County, AR
Amount Requested: $12,000,000
Certification Letter
City of Wilson for Clean Water Infrastructure
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: City of Wilson, AR
Project Purpose: To modernize and expand local water and wastewater infrastructure.
Project Location: Wilson, AR
Amount Requested: $2,500,000
Certification Letter
Fulton Waterworks for City of Fulton Water System Delivery
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Fulton Waterworks
Project Purpose: To fund infrastructure upgrades to the City of Fulton water system delivery.
Project Location: Fulton, AR
Amount Requested: $3,050,000
Certification Letter
Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority for Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman, Arkansas
Recipient Name: Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority
Project Purpose: To fund improvements to the NACA Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant which is currently at treatment capacity.
Project Location: Washington and Benton County, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $12,000,000
Certification Letter
