TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — Just in time for the holiday’s!Arizona Governors Office of Highway Safety awarded The Tucson Fire Department a $28,442 grant to fund the purchase of new extraction equipment.“The extrication equipment provided to our Public Safety Academy through the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety grant program will enhance Emergency Medical…
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Owls may halt plans for a new interstate in Arizona as state conservation groups are expanding their lawsuit against the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).The groups claim Interstate 11 would harm threatened and endangered species in the area. These groups originally sued the FHWA last year, saying the agency also sidestepped the…
After decades of failed broadband policy-making and incumbent provider neglect, many Tribal communities continue to lack affordable and reliable Internet connectivity. Limited access to capital for last-mile deployment on Tribal lands has been exacerbated by a vast “missing middle mile” problem, and credible estimates put the costs of universal access on reservations at well over $10 billion. Despite…
The massive expansion of Interstate 17 from Black Canyon City to Sunset Point is tough to miss, with hundreds of workers and dozens of pieces of heavy machinery grinding around the clock to add new lanes.I-17 connects approximately 5 million people in metro Phoenix with cooler weather and recreation amid pine trees in places such…
TUCSON, Ariz.— Conservation groups filed new legal challenges against the Federal Highway Administration today for failing to consider harms to threatened and endangered species, including the newly listed cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, from the proposed Interstate 11 in Arizona.“Interstate 11 would decimate habitat for cactus ferruginous pygmy owls, who play a vital role in maintaining…
PHOENIX — The federal government is focusing on safety along what many consider a dangerous corridor for drivers and pedestrians in central Phoenix.The city is set to receive nearly $25 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to make improvements along a stretch of Indian School Road between 39th and 91st avenues.According to new numbers…
PHOENIX – Another person was killed on I-10 in Phoenix Monday just a mile away and hours ago from a deadly morning crash. The afternoon crash happened around 1 p.m. near eastbound I-10 and 40th Street in a construction zone, Arizona DPS says. “DPS received calls about a male subject was running into and around…
Listen to this article Every day, Arizona’s trucking industry is called upon to move our nation’s food, energy, and manufactured goods from the fields and factories to consumers across the country. Unfortunately, Arizona’s trucking companies and the customers they serve are increasingly competing against a relentless adversary. Hint: It’s not China or Europe. It’s America’s…
With a new ADOT contractor struggling to play catch up, drivers could see litter piled up against a fence and in the grassy area of an onramp to the 202 near Highway 87 in Mesa, just east of Scottsdale. (David Minton/Staff Photographer) Michael Forney drives…
PHOENIX — Arizona was awarded $24 million in federal funding Monday for a project designed to make travel safer for motorists and wildlife along Interstate 17 south of Flagstaff. The Federal Highway Administration grant will go toward an overpass for animals, new fencing, cattle guards and other improvements between Munds Park and Kelly Canyon. The…