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Arizona anticipating grant for three highway projects
Sedona AZ (July 6, 2016) – Arizona is on track to receive a $54 million federal grant helping fund two key widening projects, and adding traffic-management technology that includes a dust storm detection and warning system, along Arizona Interstate 10 between Phoenix and Tucson.
Members of Arizona’s congressional delegation have informed the Arizona Department of Transportation that the U.S....
Coolidge Motor Vehicle Division Closed Thursday
Sedona AZ (July 6, 2016) – Officials are closing the Coolidge Motor Vehicle Division office on Thursday in order to make repairs to the air conditioning system, said the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Customers will be able to go to the Casa Grande Motor Vehicle Division office or one of the Authorized Third Party businesses located in Coolidge and Casa Grande to get their motor vehicle transactions...
Prescott National Forest Plans Gray Wolf Prescribed Burn
Prescott, AZ (July 4, 2016) – The Prescott National Forest is planning to conduct the Gray Wolf prescribed fire in the area south of AZ Highway 169 and west of AZ Interstate 17 the week of July 5 – July 11 (T13, R3, S17). This project will only be implemented if anticipated and needed conditions exist as well as if adequate resources remain available. The Forest recognizes that there...
ADOT Rest Area Upgrades Mark Halfway Point
Sedona AZ (July 3, 2016) ‒ With the Texas Canyon Rest Area along AZ Interstate 10 reopening Thursday, after a six-month renovation, the Arizona Department of Transportation is moving past the halfway point in a decade long effort to improve rest areas statewide.
Texas Canyon, between Benson and Willcox in southeastern Arizona, will be the ninth of seventeen rest areas to be improved by ADOT since...
Environmental Study Goes Public on I-11 Corridor
Sedona AZ (June 21, 2016) – The Arizona Department of Transportation is holding three public meetings this week in southern Arizona as part of a three-year environmental study for the proposed Interstate 11.
The meetings in Nogales, Tucson and Marana are part of the public scoping process for a corridor stretching from Nogales to Wickenburg.
Participants will be able to meet and talk with members...
ADOT US 60 Passing Lane Blasting Continues
Sedona AZ (June 17, 2016) – Steep, rugged terrain and high winds have added challenges for crews working to create room for an additional lane on US 60 between Globe and Superior. Because of that, the project will continue through the summer, including twice-weekly closures for blasting work.
Crews have about 25,000 cubic yards of rocks and dirt – about 2,000 truckloads – to remove to complete...
ADOT Bell Road Project On Schedule
Sedona AZ (June 16, 2016) – Work is proceeding on the Arizona Department of Transportation’s $41.9 million project to build a new interchange connecting Bell Road and Grand Avenue (US 60) and reopen Bell Road to traffic by November 2016.
Crews are focusing on paving the widened westbound portion of Grand Avenue near Bell Road. The work to pave the roadway and add temporary lane markings along...
ADOT, Flagstaff team to improve traffic flow on US 180
Sedona AZ (May 10, 2016) – Flagstaff residents and visitors will be able to spend more time enjoying the attractions of northern Arizona and less time getting there, thanks to an upcoming Arizona Department of Transportation project designed to reduce congestion in the heart of that city.
ADOT and the city of Flagstaff are teaming to add turn lanes where North Humphreys Street (US 180) meets...
ADOT Advises Public of Pending SR 89 Closure
Sedona AZ (May 3, 2016) – Arizona State Route 89 will close for four hours approximately 13 miles north of Chino Valley starting at 9:00 p.m. on May 6, so crews can pour a concrete bridge deck at Hell Canyon (milepost 346). It’s one of the final steps in readying a $14.4 million bridge scheduled to open to traffic in mid-June 2016.
Motorists planning to use SR 89 between I-40 and Prescott between...
Dust Wind and Possible Snow in Forecast
Arizona dust storm
Sedona AZ (April 16, 2016) – With the weekend forecast calling for gusty winds along with the possibility of snow in higher elevations, motorists should be on alert for adverse weather including blowing dust and limited visibility, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Even though monsoon season hasn’t started, blowing dust is possible throughout the year....

