Project to Build New Arizona State Freeway Slowly Advancing

The City of Phoenix has taken an important step forward for a project that could see the construction of a new state freeway.

Members of the Phoenix City Council have given their approval to selling some 86 vacant acres of city land to the Arizona Department of Transportation in order build the proposed Arizona State Route 30.

That new freeway, once built, is expected to considerably lessen congestion on the east-to-west Interstate 10. In so doing, the new route will also provide an alternative pathway between highway loops 202 and 203.

The West Valley project has been in the talking and studying phase for well over a decade, with transportation officials saying the new route is needed to accommodate vehicular traffic in southern Arizona that has more than doubled since the year 2000.

While both Phoenix and State of Arizona officials have said the selling of the 86 acres is crucial to the eventual construction of the freeway, funding for the project has not yet been secured.

​By Garry Boulard

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