County touts its preferred freeway corridor
by Mark Cowling | The Eloy Enterprise
With state transportation officials preparing to announce their preferred corridor for a future north-south freeway this summer, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted to renew its support for a route.
The freeway, in the planning stages for many years, is to connect U.S. 60 in Apache Junction with Interstate 10 near Eloy. Pinal County officials and voters have gone on record in support of a route adjacent to Queen Creek for the freeway’s northern portion before generally following the state’s alignment in the south through the Coolidge-Florence area.
The state may favor a more easterly route in the northern section, apparently to serve the future Superstition Vistas community. Supervisor Jeff Serdy, R-Apache Junction, said the eastern route is better for his area long-term in 20 or 30 years, but the county’s route is more helpful “for what we get right now.”
