To install guardrails or not to install guardrails—that was the question at Monday night’s Texarkana, Ark., Board of Directors meeting.

Jeff Hill, Texarkana, Ark., Public Works director, presented photos showing Preston Street bridge where nearby residents want a guardrail installed, but engineers say the bridge was designed to not have one.

“We have a lot more areas that need guardrails a lot worse,” Hill said.

The bridge has a 12-foot dropoff, while Hill estimated that one other bridge needing guardrails may have a 6-foot dropoff.

Still, resi...

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