ADOT to host Jan. 31 public hearing in Nogales on State Route 189 improvements
Public input is essential to project’s Environmental Assessment NOGALES – The next stage of a project to improve State Route 189, the 3.75-mile highway connecting the Mariposa Port of Entry with Interstate 19, begins with a public hearing Tuesday, Jan. 31, for the community to review and comment on a Draft Environmental Assessment. Public input […]
ADOT looks ahead to Phoenix-area freeway projects in 2017
Opening south half of I-10/Loop 303 interchange among expected milestones PHOENIX – With Valley drivers benefiting from several freeway improvement projects completed during 2016, including the widening of Loop 101 between Shea Boulevard and Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) in the Scottsdale area, the Arizona Department of Transportation is poised to start or complete several […]
Ninth Circuit ruling means South Mountain Freeway will continue
Direct link between East Valley and West Valley scheduled to open in 2019 PHOENIX – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request by Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway opponents for an emergency injunction pending appeal, a ruling that keeps the Arizona Department of Transportation project on track to begin construction of […]
Judge denies request to stop construction on controversial Loop 202 expansion
By Catherine Holland AZFamily.com The Gila River Indian Community is looking into its legal options in the wake of a federal judge’s ruling denying its request for an injunction to stop construction on the controversial Loop 202 expansion. The community argues that the $2 billion construction project would desecrate sacred land and damage both the […]
ADOT studying possibility of toll road for I-10 alternative
By Amanda Goodman AZFamily.com No one likes to sit in traffic, but would you be willing to pay to avoid it? Well, you might get that chance. The Arizona Department of Transportation is looking at the possibility of a toll road in metro Phoenix. “Traffic here is horrible, horrible,” said driver Roxanne Hider. It is […]
Share your Priorities for ADOT’s Long-Range Transportation Plan
Arizona Department of Transportation sent this bulletin at 09/21/2016 01:13 PM MST Share your priorities for ADOT’s Long-Range Transportation Plan Interactive online survey lets you rank what’s most important for future investment PHOENIX – Planning Arizona’s transportation future requires setting priorities and making sometimes-difficult choices given limited resources. As the Arizona Department of Transportation updates […]
Public input essential as South Mountain Freeway moves toward construction
ADOT offers multiple ways to provide feedback, get the latest project information PHOENIX – Thirteen years of public involvement helped shape plans for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway. With the Arizona Department of Transportation preparing to begin construction along the 22-mile corridor, the community can continue providing feedback and seeking information by attending meetings, […]
ADOT, Federal Highway Administration prevail in South Mountain Freeway lawsuit
Construction of freeway will begin in early September PHOENIX – Construction of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway is scheduled to begin in early September after the U.S. District Court in Phoenix dismissed legal challenges and ruled that the Arizona Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration completed all steps required to move forward. “This […]
ADOT: Environmental stewardship key in preparing path for South Mountain Freeway
ADOT conducts field investigations at sites with cultural, historic significance PHOENIX – Along the 22-mile corridor where the South Mountain Freeway will be built over the next few years, archaeologists are working to gather and recover items and information from the past that may have cultural or historic significance. At one point along the freeway […]
ADOT: Cross-border traffic on the rise between Arizona and Mexico
Jobs, economic development benefit from traffic increase PHOENIX – Nearly 8,000 more trucks, 400,000 more passenger vehicles and 900,000 more people entering the U.S. in 2015 through Arizona’s international ports of entry speak to numbers critical to this state’s economy: • $30 billion in imports and exports passing through Arizona’s ports during the year, including […]