Overpass at 1: $55 million project spurs commercial, residential development

by Bob McGovern | inMaricopa

Dozens of homes are being constructed in Palo Brea, one of the southernmost housing developments in the city. Photo by Bob McGovern

The overpass is a bridge to the city’s future.

City Manager Rick Horst makes his point by underlining the considerable commercial development underway or on the drawing board south of the bridge that will create jobs and bring tens of millions of dollars to the local economy.

Among those projects are Copper Sky Commercial district, boasting senior housing and a La Quinta hotel, and development along John Wayne Parkway, including the South Bridge plan to revitalize the old section of Maricopa just south of the railroad tracks and along the shoulders of the overpass.

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