Cleanup In Arkadelphia Continues From 1997 Tornadoes
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A beautification effort borne of the 1997 tornado that ripped through Arkadelphia is working its way toward
completion.
The $635,000 first phase of the project is bringing new sidewalks, decorative shrubbery and lighting to an area of downtown. Homes and businesses in the city were destroyed by the
tornado, an F-4 on the Fujita scale. Six people died Arkadelphia in
the March First, 1997, tornado.
Workers have run into a few snags. Old pipes and storage tanks
were found. One tank was thought to have been from a service
station that did business in the early 1900s. Officials say they
hope the work will be complete by late November, in time for the
holiday shopping season.
