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Capital Investments

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We are stewards
“ of the public’s trust
and funds.

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Reinvesting in Arlington

Arlington continued its efforts to attract new corporations, as well

as preserve the environment during the 2011 fiscal year.

The I-30 Mobility Improvement Project – a $166 million

collaboration between area businesses and federal, state, and local

Attracting New Businesses

governments – wrapped up after three and a half years. Two new

bridges, one reconstructed bridge, continuous one-way frontage

Arlington Municipal Airport, which generates $100 million a

year in economic activity, opened a $5.2 million terminal with the

roads, murals, lighting, landscaping, and an extension of the region’s

goal of attracting additional economic development. A portion of the

reversible HOV lanes were included in the project between Cooper

construction costs were paid by a $600,000 state grant and interest

Street and Ballpark Way. The 118,000 vehicles that travel through

earned on the airport’s natural gas revenue. The terminal is the City’s

Arlington daily on I-30 now have a smoother, safer commute.

first LEED-certified building, a