The City Of Phoenix Arizona Has New Goals

More jobs and less commuter traffic are cities goals...

Valley cities are pushing for more employment along freeway corridors so that commutes will take less time and traffic congestion will improve. This quote from Peoria's economic specialist James Mason who points to the Superstition Freeway from Tempe through Mesa and ending at the Superstition Mountains (where the Lost Dutchman's Mine is) as a transportation corridor that should never be used as a model for good urban planning. Too much of the Superstition is lined with backyards of houses and apartments, and the concentration of residents contributes to freeway congestion. Most who have lived here for awhile have knicknamed this freeway "The Superstition Parking Lot". West Valley cities like Litchfield Park, Glendale, Surprise and Peoria are working on planning their freeways with more commercial development, hoping to attract major employers so area residents can work closer to their homes. The same is in the works for the hub of The Valley of the Sun, Phoenix. Look for new tax breaks, and the easing of regulations and laws to help attract more high tech and high paying jobs to be the wave of Central Arizona's future.