Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Gets Funding for Neighborhood Infrastructure Project8/17/2023 ![]() Work could begin later this year on what is being called a Cultural Corridor running adjacent to the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The airport has been awarded up to $10 million in federal funding to build a connection between what are described as "disadvantaged and underserved communities" near the airport with larger downtown Phoenix. The funding is coming through a Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grant which dovetails with an ongoing effort on the part of the airport to build out and upgrade nearby neighborhood infrastructure. The project is expected to see the installation of new street lighting and protected bike lanes, while making sidewalks in the neighborhoods Americans with Disabilities Act compliant. Additional facets of the project are expected to include new bus shelters, the re-establishment of utility connections, and historic building and site markers. The Cultural Corridor project area includes the historic El Campito, Cuatro Milpas, Green Valley, and San Juan Batista neighborhoods. In a statement, Congressman Greg Stanton noted that through the years the expansion of the Sky Harbor Airport has separated residents in the nearby vicinity "from their neighbors and economic opportunity." The Cultural Corridor project, Stanton continued, will "reconnect and revitalize these communities, while honoring their history." By Garry Boulard
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