Sedona AZ – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: Below is a letter … it affects the entire county. With the added financial problems of COVID-19. Dear Editor, I wrote last year that the Verde Connect project, which will cost 50+ million dollars plus ongoing maintenance, is too expensive for our county. We recently bonded a jail expansion with resulting tax increase. They plan... 

Thirty day public comment period is anticipated to close in late May 2020. Your comments are requested at www.VerdeConnect.com. Click on map face. Sedona AZ – The Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) document for the Verde Connect project, prepared to meet the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), is nearing completion, with publication anticipated to occur in late April... 

SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie Maddock on the every day need for “We matter, too!” Sedona AZ – Based on local ongoing and constant dissension one might justify wondering if Sedona Schnebly’s middle name could have been “Controversy.” Initially deciding the designated area which would encompass incorporated Sedona and the subsequent consideration of alternate routes... 

Sedona SnowfallExclusive SedonaEye.com photo by Melissa Morrison Sedona AZ – As of November 26, 2019, the National Weather Service continues to predict wintry, dangerous travel weather for Sedona and all of Arizona’s high country, with the greatest impacts on Thanksgiving Day and Friday. By Friday evening, snow levels are expected to drop to 3,000-4,000 feet with very high winds, snow... 

Airport Travel ID program awareness begins at Phoenix Sky Harbor airport this holiday season. Sedona AZ – If you see Arizona Department of Transportation employees at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix beginning this holiday travel season, don’t be surprised. They’re raising awareness about the AZ Travel ID. The AZ Travel ID is the driver license or ID card that meets the new federal ID requirements... 

Article submitted by the city of Sedona. Sedona AZ – The Sedona Uptown project remains on schedule and on budget. Heavy work is expected to be completed by spring 2020, and the entire project finished in summer 2020. Recent work: – Substantial completion of the Jordan Road roundabout and start of work on the Schnebly Road roundabout. – Work on the northwest corner pedestrian... 

Article submitted by the city of Sedona. Sedona AZ – Traffic improvement construction work in two areas of Uptown will result in closures and likely traffic delays in the coming weeks. This work is part of the Sedona in Motion Uptown Roadway Improvements project. Starting October 22 and lasting until approximately December 22, 2019, single lane traffic control will begin at the northern end of Uptown,... 

Sedona AZ – Arizona Governor Doug Ducey today announced significant improvements to Interstate 17 north of Phoenix. The governor was joined by the directors of the Arizona Department of Transportation, Arizona Department of Public Safety and Arizona Office of Tourism along with business leaders, local elected officials and transportation stakeholders. The announced improvements are the result of... 

SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie Maddock looks at the city of Sedona and Village of Oak Creek impediments to local progress on quality of life issues. Sedona AZ – Admittedly the convenience of modern technology has opened doors our ancestors would never have imagined. Of course, one needn’t go back THAT far – but – has it really been all that long ago when we actually had conversations... 

Sedona AZ – The first major Sedona in Motion construction project begins in Uptown Sedona on Monday, June 3, 2019. The work will last 9-12 months. The contractor expects to maintain two-way traffic on SR89A throughout the project. The Jordan Road intersection will be closed to through traffic at State Route 89A during construction hours: Northbound motorists are asked to follow the marked detour...