ARDOT launches new Performance Dashboard

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Department of Transportation has launched an interactive dashboard designed to keep citizens informed about pavement conditions across the state, the status of construction jobs, safety data and other metrics under the transportation performance umbrella.

The Transportation Performance Dashboard can be accessed via ARDOT’s website at ardot.gov/performance. It features gauges showing bridge condition, Interstate condition and National Highway condition ratings, along with the evaluation process and what each rating means.

“These ratings are determined using federal standards,” ARDOT Director Lorie Tudor said in the announcement.

“Seventy-five percent of our budget goes toward taking care of the roads we already have. We’re proud of our pavement preservation efforts across the state and are excited to have a tool that shares where we stand in that continuous effort.”

The dashboard also includes the latest roadway safety data and an interactive map of construction jobs across the state.

“This is a great tool to promote transparency and show the public how their tax dollars are being spent,” Tudor added. “We hope to continue adding features to this dashboard over time.”

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LITTLE ROCK — Andre Pride will spend the next 151 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Jonathan D.

Ross, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, announced the sentence, which was handed down today by Chief United States District Judge Kristine G. Baker.

Chief Judge Baker sentenced Pride to 151 months imprisonment and three years’ supervised release to follow his prison sentence. Pride faced a maximum sentence of not more than 20 years imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system.

On July 19, 2022, Pride, 36, of Little Rock, was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. On May 5, 2023, Pride pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

On June 13, 2019, Pride was driving a Can-Am motorcycle and while law enforcement officers were attempting to make contact with him, Pride rammed their vehicle and fled. While fleeing, Pride observed two marked law enforcement vehicles and quickly turned around. After turning around, Pride rammed another law enforcement vehicle and fled on foot. While fleeing, Pride removed a baggie of fentanyl from his pocket tore open the bag and attempted to spread the fentanyl in the yard of an unknown residence. Following the arrest of Pride, law enforcement officers retrieved 30 grams of fentanyl from the yard.