Building Appalachia’s infrastructure has been an ARC investment priority for over 60 years, especially the development and maintenance of basic infrastructure systems for water, sewer, energy and stormwater.   The City of Pikeville, Kentucky has made this important connection.

This report presents an evaluation of 379 drinking water and wastewater projects funded by ARC between fiscal years 2009 and 2016. The research team found that communities value the drinking water and wastewater projects, as evidenced by high demand, their key role in project completion, and how they serve to…

ARC’s Local Access Road projects link communities, businesses and residents to the Appalachian Development Highway System and other key parts of the region’s transportation network.

Appalachia’s 1,500 miles of navigable inland waterways, coupled with thousands of miles of roadways and railways, continue to offer tremendous economic opportunity. Using intermodal transportation hubs and efficient freight management systems, Appalachia’s manufacturing industries can keep goods and services moving in and out of every domestic market — from the northeast…

Highway development has been a critical part of ARC’s core mission since 1965, when Congress authorized the construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS), a 3,090-mile network of highways throughout Appalachia. Since then, ADHS’s 33 corridors have continued to provide access to regional and national markets, contributing…

ARC commissioned this evaluation of infrastructure and public works projects in order to determine the extent to which these projects have achieved their originally stated objectives.