Apache Junction, Queen Creek leaders plan to hold joint meeting
by Wendy Miller | Apache Juntion/Gold Canyon Independent
The Apache Junction City Council has invited its counterparts in the town of Queen Creek to hold a joint meeting later this summer to discuss events that could impact both communities.
During their regular work session June 1, the local council members proposed Wednesday, Aug. 5, as the day to meet with the Queen Creek Town Council at the Apache Junction Multi-Generational Center, 1035 N. Idaho Road in Apache Junction, according to the meeting video.
However, the Queen Creek council is unable to meet Aug. 5 because it is scheduled to hold its regular work session and meeting that night, Jen Snyder, a member of the Queen Creek public information department, said during a phone interview June 4. She said the town officials are looking at dates in September instead.
Once scheduled, the session would include a tour of the Apache Junction City Hall, 300 E. Superstition Blvd., and dinner, according to the video.
The information discussions would include the expansion of State Route 24, also known as the Gateway Freeway; and matters regarding the communities’ fire districts and water issues, Assistant City Manager Bryant Powell said on the video.
Construction of the $73 million SR24 project began in March 2012. Contractors for the Arizona Department of Transportation constructed freeway-to-freeway traffic interchange ramps from the adjacent Loop 202 Santan Freeway and a mile of SR24 to Ellsworth Road. The section opened in April 2014.
If funded, SR24 will next head east from Ellsworth Road to Ironwood Drive south of Apache Junction and north of Queen Creek, according to ADOT’s website. Additional phases of the project have been suspended until a North-South Corridor Study in Pinal County advances, according to the website.
