Pinal County panel to update 5-year transportation plan

[NEWS RELEASE] The Pinal County Transportation Advisory Committee plans three meetings starting this month to come up with an updated five-year plan.

Appointed by the Board of Supervisors, the transportation committee is a 10-member panel that meets annually to review, update and recommend projects for the Pinal County Five-Year Transportation Improvement and Maintenance Program.

Members are Anna Flores and David Garcia, representing Supervisory District 1; Gordon Brown and James Fabris, representing District 2; Kevin Louis and Harold Vangilder, representing District 3; Theodore Hawkins and Ronald Vogler, District 4; and William Beebe and Maxine Brown, representing District 5.

The public meetings are scheduled for Sept. 26, Nov. 28 and Feb. 27, 2018

All meetings begin at 2:30 p.m. and are held in the Ironwood Room of the 1891 Historic Courthouse (Pinal County Administrative Complex), 135 N. Pinal St. in Florence.

The 2017 Five-Year Transportation Improvement and Maintenance Program for budget years 2016-17 through 2020-21 and other information are available on the county’s website.

Pinal County’s five-year transportation program identifies potential funding and establishes a tentative schedule for countywide planning, construction and maintenance projects.

For more information on the meetings or if you are interested in submitting a transportation project request for consideration, contact Tara Harman at tara.harman@pinalcountyaz.gov or 520-866-6928. Transportation project requests received after Sept. 30 will be considered for inclusion in the following budget year.