Sedona AZ (January 24, 2013) – Crews will realign the northbound lanes back to the normal configuration on Arizona Interstate 17 at the Cordes Junction traffic interchange next week and as a result, the following restrictions and detours will be in place (weather permitting), according to the Arizona Department of Transportation: Sunday, January 27:  ▪ A left lane restriction on southbound... 

ADOT Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan enters Public Comment Phase – Join the conversation! Phoenix AZ (January 8, 2013) – As walking and bicycling for transportation and recreation steadily grows in popularity around our state, the Arizona Department of Transportation continues to advance its Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan to improve safety and multimodal travel options. ADOT is working on finalizing... 

ADOT Interstate 17 Update for week of January 7-11, 2013 Prescott AZ (January 6, 2013) – The following overnight detour will be in place on southbound Arizona Interstate 17 at Cordes Junction the remainder of this week as crews remove dirt from the median and continue work on the pedestrian fence along the Cordes Lakes bridge, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation:  Monday, January 7... 

Senator Highway landslide Prescott AZ (December 31, 2012) – Denny Foulk, Yavapai County Emergency Management Coordinator, provided the following update today regarding the landside on Arizona’s Senator Highway: “Yavapai County Public Works will be evaluating existing hazards which remain on the Senator Highway landslide site. In the interest of public safety, Senator Highway will... 

ADOT Interstate 17 Update for December 18-21, 2012 Prescott AZ (December 18, 2012) – A major project milestone will be reached this week when the new northbound Arizona Interstate 17 to northbound State Route 69 flyover bridge opens to traffic, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. The new flyover bridge is scheduled to open at 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 20, 2012. Access to... 

Written and submitted by the City of Sedona staff. Sedona AZ (December 12, 2012) – They are finally here! The new bikes lanes on SR 89A in West Sedona mark the culmination of a long process of cooperation between the Verde Valley Cyclists Coalition, the City of Sedona and the Arizona Department of Transportation. A similar process occurred a few years earlier with SR 179 between Sedona and the... 

ADOT Interstate 17 Update Prescott AZ (November 30, 2012) – Arizona Interstate 17 highway will be closed in both directions intermittently up to 15 minutes at a time between 7:00 AM and Noon, Sunday, December 2, 2012, as Arizona Public Service (APS) performs utility work at milepost 266, approximately four miles north of Cordes Junction, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.  The... 

ADOT Closes Grand Canyon North Rim highway FLAGSTAFF AZ (November 28, 2012) —Temperatures in northern Arizona are dropping and winter is around the corner. The Arizona Department of Transportation will close State Route 67 between Jacob Lake (US 89A) and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon for the winter season on November 30, 2012. The road could be closed earlier if heavy snowfall occurs in the... 

Folksville USA Highway Litter Clean up event volunteers Sedona AZ (November 25, 2012) –Folksville USA Point Man Gary Chamberlain, picked up trash on Arizona Highway 89A over Thanksgiving weekend. The clean up was much easier and safer, he noted, because Flagstaff ADOT District mowed and cut brush for the Folksville USA November 19 litter clean up event. Chamberlain was quick to point out,... 

Arizona highway trash Sedona AZ (November 6, 2012) – In a Letter to the SedonaEye.com editor, a Cornville Arizona taxpayer reminds the Arizona Department of Transportation that mowing Arizona highways to help its litter clean-up volunteers is a responsibility and not an option: Dear Don, There will be many litter clean up volunteers out on the highway the Saturday before, the Saturday after,...