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....
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Fri December 28, 2018
EPA Awards Arizona $30.8M for Drinking Water, Wastewater Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded more than $30.8 million to Arizona for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure improvements. "These funds will be used for numerous local projects that will boost the economy while improving water systems," said Mike Stoker, EPA Pacific Southwest regional administrator....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Fri December 28, 2018
Celebrating 50 Years of Arizona's Water Conservation Project
Fifty years ago, the act authorizing the Central Arizona Water Conservation Project was signed, setting in motion a project that would take 20 years to complete and would dramatically improve life in the Arizona desert....
Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 04, 2018
ADOT Responds to Population Boom With $40M I-10 Expansion
Arizona population is booming and local highway builders are responding. They are moving at a good pace despite summer heat and frequent dust storms. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and the Federal Highway Administration are busy with a $40M project to widen Interstate 10 between Casa Grande and Tucson, from just south of Earley Road to Interstate 8 (mileposts 196-200) in Casa Grande....
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....
