# 2026-02-09 ARDOT Special Permit SP-08-2025-0036 Issued On February 9, 2026, ARDOT District 8 Engineer **David Ross** issued **Special Permit SP-08-2025-0036** to Mayor Bart Castleberry, City of Conway — authorizing the installation and maintenance of fourteen Flock Safety License Plate Recognition Cameras in ARDOT right-of-way on Routes 65, 64, 365, and 60 in Conway and unincorporated Faulkner County. Expiration: February 9, 2027. ## Permit contents Addressed to *"Mayor Bart Castleberry, City of Conway, 1111 Main St., Conway, AR 72032."* > *"Your request for permission to install and maintain License Plate Recognition Cameras in ARDOT's right of way is hereby granted subject to the following conditions:* > > *1. That all work completed and materials used shall be as approved by TCD # 1948 and that the cameras shall only be used for law enforcement purposes…* > > *2. That if the Department determines that it is necessary to remove or relocate the cameras in the future for widening of the highway or any other Department needs the Permittee shall remove the cameras within thirty (30) days of notification and restore the right of way…*" The permit lists nine numbered conditions covering: work scope (TCD 1948 compliance + law-enforcement-only use); 30-day removal-on-notice; no-cost-to-Department; lane closures only off-peak; workmanship/neatness; soil and storm-water; hold-harmless and indemnification; ADA/MUTCD compliance; utility safeguarding (Arkansas One-Call notification); pre-construction notification to District 8 Permit Officer Tabie Richards. ## $5,000 bond ARDOT acknowledged receipt of a $5,000 Standing Bond from the City of Conway on the same date, secured against permit-compliance failure. The bond would be drawn upon if the City fails to comply with permit conditions including the 30-day removal-on-notice obligation. ## Faulkner County coordination The District Special Permit references the December 3, 2025 letter from Faulkner County Judge Allen Dodson supporting *"the city of Conway to install automated license plate readers in unincorporated areas of Faulkner County"* — documenting intergovernmental coordination on the unincorporated-county portions of the deployment. ## Significance - **The City of Conway is the legal permittee.** The cameras may be operated only "for law enforcement purposes" per the permit; the City may not transfer or repurpose them outside of that scope without ARDOT consultation. - **The 30-day removal-on-notice obligation is operationally significant.** ARDOT retains the right to compel removal of any of the 14 cameras for highway purposes, on 30 days notice. The City carries the cost. - **"Law enforcement purposes" is the only substantive scope condition.** The permit does not regulate the data-sharing topology, the federal-LE access patterns, or the retention practices that this corpus elsewhere documents extensively. Whether the cameras' default participation in the 1,384-organization sharing network is consistent with *"law enforcement purposes"* is a question outside the permit's scope. - **The Castleberry / Felicia Rogers ARDOT engagement window — opened in February 2025 with the support letter and closed (for this permit) in February 2026 with this issuance — spans exactly twelve months.** ## Sources - [[ARDOT Right-of-Way Permitting — Case 941655 and Permit SP-08-2025-0036]] — `2.11.2026_CPD_ARDOT_Special Permit_Flock Camera Locations.pdf`. ## Cross-references - [[2025-12-31 ARDOT Issues Permit P1948 (14 ALPRs)]] — the underlying TCD permit this Special Permit references. - [[2025-04 Castleberry ARDOT Right-of-Way Application (Case 941655)]] - [[2025-02 Castleberry ARDOT Pole-Installation Support Letter]]