The Benton Utilities Electric Department will begin work constructing a new powerline on Highway 5 North between E. Longhills Road and Salem Road starting Monday, July 11, 2016.  Crews will be directing traffic to accommodate the construction during the day Monday thru Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

5/25/16 - Benton Utilities Electric Crew is on site off Congo Road at the Crystal Hills Apartments (formerly known as Summerwood Apartments) where a garbage truck snagged a line, broke a pole and caused an outage. They will rebuild this line and install a new pole this afternoon. However, residents in the area will experience an outage during the time of the repairs. We are hoping to have the repairs completed by 4:00 or 4:30 PM this afternoon.

This is to notify you that on Tuesday night, May 10, 2016, the water main supplying water to the following areas was compromised, and these customers are now included in a precautionary boil order, the area includes:  All customers in the Dogwood Lakes Apartment Complex as well as the Sonic on Highway 5 North in Benton.  The water supply was interrupted for approx. eight hours while the Benton Utilities Water Distribution Department completed their work there.