PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Transportation says it has saved $56 million in the bid process for projects funded by stimulus money as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
That makes way for nine additional projects to be funded by economic recovery dollars.
ADOT says these projects include:
1) I-17: SR 74 to Anthem Way and Anthem Way to New River Road in Maricopa County (widening and other improvements)
2) I-17: Table Mesa traffic interchange to Rock Springs traffic interchange in Maricopa County (safety fence replacement)
3) I-10: Rita Road to Houghton Road in Pima County (pavement preservation)
4) I-40: Dead River Bridge in Apache County (rehabilitation and reconstruction)
5) US 60: Miami city limits to McMillan Wash in Gila County (pavement preservation)
6) SR 80: Tombstone streets in Cochise County (pavement preservation)
7) SR 86: Santa Cruz River Bridge in Pima County (rehabilitation)
8) SR 95: South of Bouse Wash in La Paz County (widening and other improvements)
9) US 191: Black Hills Back Country Byway in Greenlee County (widening and other improvements)
The full details of the cost savings and the project will be presented at the State Transportation Board's regular monthly meeting at 9 a.m. June 19 at the Cottonwood Public Safety Building, 199 S. Sixth Street in Cottonwood.
Local officials and community members will have an opportunity to address the board during the meeting.
The board also is expected to approve contracts for other highway construction projects around the state.
These projects are not funded by ARRA dollars:
SR 89: Granite Creek Bridge in Yavapai County (bridge removal and reconstruction)
US 191: SR 264 to 10 miles north in Apache County (roundabout construction at junction of US 191 and SR 264; 10 miles of paving on US 191)
