Arkansas Code
Subchapter 2 - Highway Designation, Construction, and Maintenance
§ 27-67-207. Maintenance generally

(a) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “maintenance” means the constant making of all repairs necessary to preserve a smooth surface on the roads and to keep the bridges and culverts in a safe condition and shall include drainage work, the building of bridges and culverts, and the making of cuts and fills as the commission deems necessary to accomplish these purposes.
(b) It shall be the duty of the State Highway Commission to begin as soon as practicable and continue the maintenance of all roads that are properly designated as state highways, to the end that every part of the state highways shall be properly, fairly, and equitably maintained and kept in repair.
(c) So far as practicable, maintenance and repair shall be according to what is known as the patrol system. Laborers as are deemed necessary may be employed and kept continually on the roads, with the force, equipment, and materials that are necessary to perform the work.
(d) The commission may make all necessary contracts, purchase all necessary equipment, supplies, and materials, and employ all necessary labor and is given all other necessary powers to provide for maintenance and shall pay for the same out of the State Highway and Transportation Department Fund.
(1) However, all contracts so let in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) made by the commission shall be let on a competitive basis to the lowest responsible bidder.
(2) The commission may reject all bids.
(3) All bids shall be sealed bids and shall be filed with the commission in open session and opened and tabulated during that session of the commission.
(4) No such contract shall be valid unless signed by at least three (3) members of the commission and attested to by the secretary.

Structure Arkansas Code

Arkansas Code

Title 27 - Transportation

Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets

Chapter 67 - State Highway System

Subchapter 2 - Highway Designation, Construction, and Maintenance

§ 27-67-201. Designation generally

§ 27-67-202. Truck route designations

§ 27-67-203. Scenic highway designations

§ 27-67-204. Designation of roads in and connected to state parks — Definition

§ 27-67-205. Designation of roads to municipal airports

§ 27-67-206. New construction generally — Definitions

§ 27-67-207. Maintenance generally

§ 27-67-208. Purchase of materials — Bids

§ 27-67-209. Priority of native resources used in construction and maintenance

§ 27-67-210. Sales and severance tax exemption — Sand and gravel

§ 27-67-211. Interference with traffic control devices or barricades — Definition

§ 27-67-212. Changing or widening roads — Role of county court

§ 27-67-213. Fog lines — White stripes on road edges

§ 27-67-214. Construction and maintenance of railroad crossings

§ 27-67-215. Maintenance of detour roads

§ 27-67-216. Repair of county roads damaged in construction or maintenance of state highway

§ 27-67-217. Direction signs to institutions of higher education

§ 27-67-218. Digging up highways without authorization

§ 27-67-219. John Paul Hammerschmidt Highway

§ 27-67-220. The Highway of Hope

§ 27-67-221. Authority of Arkansas Department of Transportation to inform amateur radio operators of high frequency radio repeaters

§ 27-67-222. State police officer highway dedication program — Definition

§ 27-67-223. Rock ‘n’ Roll Highway 67

§ 27-67-224. The Arkansas Wine Country Trail

§ 27-67-225. The Gold Star Families Highway

§ 27-67-226. Delta Rhythm & Bayous Highway

§ 27-67-227. Arkansas Delta highway designations — Legislative findings

§ 27-67-228. Construction project information signs — Definitions

§ 27-67-229. True Grit Trail