ADOT construction project underway Sedona AZ (August 16, 2013) – A pavement improvement project is scheduled to begin on Arizona State Route 69 on a two-mile segment between Prescott and Prescott Valley (mileposts 294 to 292) this Sunday, August 18, 2013, and will continue for several weeks. During the project existing pavement will be milled off and then a new layer of smooth, quiet rubberized... 

Sedona City Council Sedona AZ (July 30, 2013) – In an open letter to the Sedona City Council and the SedonaEye.com editor, Jean Jenks, a City of Sedona taxpayer writes the following: SPERLING’S BEST PLACES website reports “Compared to the rest of the country, Sedona’s cost of living is $26.30% higher than the U.S. average.” The St. Louis Fed’s economists found that,... 

Sedona AZ (July 17, 2013) – On the afternoon of July 15, 2013, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to the ADOT storage yard in the 15000 block of Arizona State Highway 69 near Cordes Junction. An ADOT supervisor told deputies an estimated $5000 worth of aluminum light poles and bridge guard rail had been stolen. The theft is presumed to have taken place between midnight... 

Sedona AZ (June 24, 2013) – The Arizona Department of Transportation will improve a five-mile stretch of State Route 89 in fall 2013 between Road 4 South in Chino Valley and Deep Well Ranch Road in Prescott. In order to improve motorist travel times and safety, the project will upgrade the existing roadway from a two-lane to a four-lane divided highway, and construct roundabouts at Deep Well... 

ADOT Interstate 17 Traffic Alert for the week of May 27 – May 31, 2013 Sedona AZ (May 28, 2013) – Motorists traveling on Arizona Interstate 17 south of Camp Verde from Midnight until 3:00 a.m. this week will need to plan ahead and allow extra travel time due to overnight construction on a climbing lane project, advises the Arizona Department of Transportation. Overnight work will require... 

PHOENIX AZ (May 8, 2013) – As summer approaches in northern Arizona, the Arizona Department of Transportation will reopen State Route 67 between Jacob Lake and the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Arizona State Route 67, which is the lone road that links US 89A at Jacob Lake to the North Rim, is regularly closed in the winter season, usually starting in late... 

Cottonwood AZ (May 6, 2013) – Lane restrictions will be required on an eight-mile segment of Arizona State Route 89A between Cottonwood and Sedona beginning Monday, May 13, 2013, to allow crews to perform preventative maintenance on the roadway, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Work will continue daily, Monday to Thursday from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. until May 21, 2013. The four-lane... 

Sedona AZ (April 28, 2013) – The construction of the two-mile-long climbing lane near the top of Copper Canyon Hill will require closing Arizona Interstate 17 in both directions on Thursday, May 2, 2013, for up to one hour between midnight and 1 a.m. as crews prepare for blasting rock cuts along the highway. Traffic on northbound I-17 will be stopped at State Route 169 and southbound I-17 will... 

AZ I-17 Overnight and Daytime construction for March 3 through 8, 2013 Sedona AZ (March 3, 2013) – The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) has scheduled construction work for Interstate 17 at Exit 262 (Cordes Junction) northbound. The Exit 262 will be closed from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday night, March 4, 2013, and throughout the week until March 8, 2013, as follows:  Crews continue... 

Gary Chamberlain, Folksville USA Point Man Sedona AZ (February 12, 2013) – Many of the Arizona Adopt-A-Highway groups and Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) can do better! The ADOT employees that get paid to manage the Adopt-A-Highway program are not getting the results the taxpayers deserve. ADOT’s records prove it! In 2009, the anti-litter clean up performance of the fifteen...