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ArDOT Contractor Resumes Operations After Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published May 26, 2020 at 11:52 AM CDT

Ongoing construction of the Bella Vista Bypass.

A contractor who is working for the Arkansas Department of Transportation on the Bella Vista Bypass project will be allowed to resume operations today after one of the company's employees tested positive for COVID-19. The last time the employee was at work was May 11 and seven employees who were believed to have contact with that person have tested negative for the coronavirus.

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Kyle Kellams

Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.

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