Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 29, 2019
$148M ITR Facility Replaces Old Maricopa County Jail
Arizona's Durango jail is being replaced. Construction of a new $148M, 485,000 sq. ft. Maricopa County Intake Transfer and Release Facility is under way in Phoenix. Located near 28th Avenue and Watkins Street, the new building is designed to reduce booking times for arrestees and travel time for others using the facility's other services....
Associated Press - Tue January 29, 2019
Phoenix City Council OKs $230M Talking Stick Arena Renovation
PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix City Council on Jan. 23 approved a $230 million renovation plan for their downtown arena that will keep the NBA's Phoenix Suns in the city until at least 2037 with an option to extend it to 2042....
Associated Press - Tue January 29, 2019
Crews Move Historic Rail Car for Maricopa Overpass Project
MARICOPA, Ariz. (AP) An historic rail car has been relocated a short distance from its former location in Maricopa as part of construction of an overpass to carry a busy state highway over Union Pacific train tracks....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue January 29, 2019
For I-10 Widening Project, ADOT Is Recycling Old Roadway
Almost as soon as traffic on eastbound Interstate 10 started using new lanes through 4 mi. of Pinal County between Eloy and Picacho, Arizona Department of Transportation crews began demolishing travel lanes that had been in use for more than 40 years....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue January 29, 2019
Driving Surfaces Complete on Longest SMF Bridges
The largest structures on the Arizona Department of Transportation's Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway project are nearly complete, with crews finishing the concrete decks of two half-mile-long bridges that will carry traffic over the Salt River in the growing southwest Valley....
AASHTO Journal - Tue January 29, 2019
ADOT Deploys 25 New 'High-Tech' Snow Plow Trucks
The Arizona Department of Transportation is adding 25 new "high-tech" snow plow trucks to its fleet of 200 units; trucks equipped with lighter, more flexible 12-ft. plow blades that can be adjusted from inside the cab....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Fri December 28, 2018
Girders Set for Two South Mountain Freeway Interchanges
As the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway advances, bridge girders were installed last month at two of the 14 planned traffic interchanges, marking the first time on this Arizona Department of Transportation project that these massive support beams were set at two interchanges in the same week....
University of Arizona Athletics - Fri December 28, 2018
Benefactors Give $8M for UA Sports Center Construction
University of Arizona supporters Cole and Jeannie Davis have committed $8 million toward the construction of an indoor sports center, which will include a football practice field. The spacious, climate-controlled multipurpose facility will be used for training and conditioning for a variety of athletic programs, and will serve as a game-day hospitality area as part of an effort by Arizona Athletics to enhance the fan experience at football home games....
City of Mesa - Fri December 28, 2018
$200M Medical, Senior Living Campus Will Bring High-Paying Jobs to Mesa
On Dec. 10, the city of Mesa moved forward a plan for a 20-acre, multi-use, campus-style community at Crismon Road and Hampton Avenue. This $200 million project called GrandeVita, a Biocity Enterprise by Khangura Development, will allow seniors to "age in place" in a high-tech and innovative environment....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Fri December 28, 2018
$6.5M Apache Trail Project Complete
With a project to resurface the roadway and construct improvements along a 17-mi. stretch of State Route 88 (Apache Trail) complete east of the Valley, the keys to safety on this historic, winding roadway remain obeying the speed limit, staying alert and not driving impaired....
