The Pima County Board of Supervisors, except for Steve Christy, approved a resolution to oppose IH-11 in Avra Valley, citing heavy traffic, commercial and residential development, a gash through the Sonoran Desert, destroying habitat, and interrupting wildlife corridors. Their alternative is to add these problems to IH-10 in Tucson. High priority wildlife habitats are well protected in Sahuaro National Park West, Tucson Mountain Park, and Ironwood Forest National Monument. Sonoran desertscrub in Avra Valley is already badly disturbed, poor wildlife habitat. Wildlife corridors are often cited as important, but isolated wildlife populations do well without rare genetic exchanges; corridors are not protected by law. Marana is one of the fastest growing towns in southern Arizona. Projected exponential growth in the next decades will impact Avra Valley anyway, likely as far south as Ajo Road. IH-11 will guide this development and help manage increasing IH-10 traffic.
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