Transportation Archives - Page 2 of 91

As travel rebounds, airliners come out of storage

by Melissa | May 13, 2021 | Economy, Transportation

As travel rebounds, airliners come out of storage Airlines gradually reviving planes by Craig Smith | KGUN When COVID led airlines to ground a lot of their planes many of those planes ended up in Arizona in storage waiting for passengers to need them again. Now as...

Apache Trail Loop named one of most scenic drives in the country

by Melissa | May 4, 2021 | Apache Junction, Economy, Transportation

Apache Trail Loop named one of most scenic drives in the country by Melissa St. Aude | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune A project to resurface the roadway and construct improvements along a 17-mile stretch of State Route 88 known as the Apache Trail was completed...

City plans to run ring around congested John Wayne Parkway

by Melissa | May 1, 2021 | Maricopa, Transportation

City plans to run ring around congested John Wayne Parkway by Jay Taylor | inMaricopa A Union Pacific train passes on the railroad tracks at West Garvey Avenue and North Green Road. A “ring road” proposed for this area would likely include the city’s...

Comment period begins on Pinal’s five-year roads plan

by Melissa | Apr 16, 2021 | Development, Government, Transportation

Comment period begins on Pinal’s five-year roads plan by Mark Cowling | Maricopa Monitor A 30-day comment period has begun for Pinal County’s 2021 Five-Year Transportation Improvement and Maintenance Program, and runs through May 17. The Pinal County Board of...

Progress is in the pavement with Gateway Freeway construction project

by Melissa | Apr 16, 2021 | Development, Transportation

Progress is in the pavement with Gateway Freeway construction project San Tan Sentinel Crews put down pavement on State Route 24 west of Ironwood Drive. /Arizona Department of Transportation A project to add five miles of travel lanes to the Phoenix area’s newest...

City OKs $1M for East-West Corridor right of way

by Melissa | Apr 13, 2021 | Development, Government, Maricopa, Transportation

City OKs $1M for East-West Corridor right of way by Jay Taylor | inMaricopa The Maricopa City Council has approved funding to acquire a right of way along Farrell Road for the long-awaited East-West transportation corridor. The proposed parkway will eventually connect...