Freeways Not Keeping Up With Population Growth

Arizona State Transportation Board has approved a corridor study by the Arizona Department Of Transportation (ADOT) that outlines where freeways could be built in Pinal County.

However, the freeways do not have funding yet and it will still be almost ten years before construction begins.

The plan calls for $2 billion in freeway corridors; one that runs from U.S. 60 at Apache Junction south to Florence; a Williams Gateway Freeway extension from the Santan Freeway in Mesa to the U.S. 60 south of unincorporated Gold Canyon; a route from about Riggs Road in Pinal County east to U.S. 60 at Florence Junction; and a north-south highway from Florence to Eloy.

The next step is for ADOT to review and pick exact routes for those freeways.

Pinal County is expected to grow to 1 million population in ten years, and 2 million in 20 years. Transportation has increasingly become a concern with all of the projected growth in Pinal County. More...

Look for county and city officials to create innovative ways to accelerate the building of new freeways in Pinal County.