Maricopa works $15 million for overpass into new budget
By Ethan McSweeney | InMaricopa
Anticipated costs for the State Route 347 overpass drives much of the increases in the city of Maricopa’s $142 million budget for the 2017 fiscal year.
The budget, which the Maricopa City Council approved at its meeting on June 21, is $30 million higher than last year’s budget of $112 million. The city expects to spend about $15 million for its share of the design and construction of the overpass project.
The city isn’t sure when that money will need to be paid to the Arizona Department of Transportation, which is in charge of the overpass project, but it will be budgeting to pay for it in the upcoming fiscal year, said Brenda Hasler, Maricopa’s financial services director.
