A Wider I-17 Years Ahead of Schedule...

Bill targets a wider I-17 years ahead of schedule, from the Arizona Republic, reports that a bill in the state senate, Senate Bill 1504, would appropriate $75 million per year for five years from Arizona's general fund to widen I-17 from Carefree Highway to the Maricopa/Yavapai County line. The funding would start in the 2006-07 fiscal year. The expansion of I-17 from Loop 101 to Carefree Highway is already set to begin in 2007, but widening beyond that point is not scheduled until at least 2020 under Maricopa County's Regional Transportation Plan approved in 2004. This proposal is the second effort to improve/speed up the freeways in various parts of the Valley. In the southwest Valley, the growing communities of Goodyear, Avondale and Buckeye are considering a tax-hike to accelerate the widening of Interstate 10 through those areas.

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