12-mile Stretch Of Carefree Highway, A Cohesive Plan...

Carefree Highway study gets under way, from the Arizona Republic, reports that with the population of north and northeast Valley expected to more than triple during the next 20 years, Maricopa County this week launched a study of Carefree Highway to guide the changes to come. Maricopa County began its study Tuesday evening with the first of three open-house meetings designed to gather community views of the future of the Carefree Highway corridor. The study goal is to create a cohesive plan for the 12-mile stretch of Carefree Highway from Interstate 17 to Scottsdale Road and the development of the corridor one mile north and south of the road. A final report on the study is scheduled for June 2007. Some residents are opposed to future widening of the Carefree Highway. "We don't particularly care for the six lanes of road, especially if they are going to have the Sonoran Parkway just to the south," said Mike Sabol, who lives near the highway. "It seems like there would be enough roadway if people are going east and west," he added.



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