Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue December 04, 2018
Reducing Inactive Projects Moves Improvements Forward
When a project isn't using some or all of the funding committed to it because it's become inactive, freeing that money as quickly as possible means the Arizona Department of Transportation can move forward sooner with other work that's ready to go....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue December 04, 2018
ADOT's Snowplows, Drivers Ready for Winter Weather
When a couple of October storms dropped early snow on Arizona's high country, the Arizona Department of Transportation and its plows were ready because the agency prepares year-round for winter weather....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue December 04, 2018
ADOT's $62M SR 260 Project Heads Into Winter Hiatus
Due to a colder, wetter October than anticipated, final work on the State Route 260 widening project between Camp Verde and Cottonwood will take place next spring, including putting down the final pavement layer known as a friction course....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue December 04, 2018
ADOT Sells Parcel Near Sky Harbor Airport for $28.7M
The Arizona Department of Transportation has sold a parcel of land it owned along Interstate 10 in Phoenix for $28.7 million, the largest sale of excess property in the agency's history. The 21-acre parcel, which includes several buildings, is located along the north side of I-10 near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue December 04, 2018
ADOT Completes Major Improvements on I-40, I-17 Projects Near Flagstaff
With Arizona Department of Transportation projects improving Interstate 17 and Interstate 40 around Flagstaff approaching a winter hiatus, the area now has upgraded bridge decks, two new bridges and 20 total miles of rebuilt roadway....
U.S. Department of Transportation - Thu November 29, 2018
DOT Announces $281M Funding Allocation for Transit Projects in Multiple States
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced a total of $281 million in additional Fiscal Year 2018 federal funding allocations to five transit projects in Arizona, California, Minnesota and Texas....
Associated Press - Tue November 20, 2018
Arizona Officials Weigh Incentives for Car Maker
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) Local governments are discussing proposals to provide incentives to a Saudi-backed California startup electric car maker that plans to build a plant in south-central Arizona. The Casa Grande Dispatch reports that the city of Casa Grande and Pinal County officials discussed proposals to offer $8.2 million in incentives to Newark, Calif.-based Lucid Motors....
Associated Press - Tue November 20, 2018
Officials Award $324M Contract to Replace Border Fencing
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Officials have awarded a contract to replace 14 mi. of pedestrian fencing along the border near Yuma. Customs and Border Protection officials announced Nov. 15, that the agency, along with the U.S....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue November 06, 2018
ADOT Sets Final Girders on South Mountain Freeway's Salt River Bridges
Two hundred and ninety-two. That's the number of concrete girders installed on two Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway bridges spanning the Salt River between Broadway Road and Southern Avenue in the southwest Valley....
Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Tue November 06, 2018
Brewers Hit Home Run With $60M Spring Training Facility
Spring training facilities for the Milwaukee Brewers have been a hit with players and fans, but in 2019 they look to be a home run. Construction is moving ahead on a $60 million renovation and expansion of Milwaukee Brewers' spring training home in the western Phoenix community of Maryvale, Ariz....
