West Valley economic leaders align on development potential of key highway corridor


As land around the major freeways in the West Valley continues to be built out, city leaders have already started looking ahead to the next wave of growth. It’s known as State Route 30.The proposed 29-mile Tres Rios Freeway is set to be a transformational link and economic engine for the West Valley while also relieving the daily traffic congestion along Interstate 10.Once fully constructed, the new freeway would provide another critical connection from State Route 85 out west in Buckeye all the way east to the Durango Curve at Interstate 17 in central Phoenix.In addition to creating more development opportunities, this corridor could bring more housing and other commercial assets while also keeping workers in the West Valley. It will also help support the thousands of homes set to go up in the West Valley in the coming years.”[SR-30] is mission critical,” said Anthony Lydon, an executive managing director for JLL in Phoenix, at the Phoenix Business Journal’s West Valley Growth Corridors event at Arrowhead Country Club in Glendale on Feb. 8.expandAnthony Lyndon, executive managing director, JLL, speaking at the West Valley Growth Corridors event in Glendale.Jim Poulin | Phoenix Business JournalHe said the impact from SR-30 will be similar to that of the new Northern Parkway, which runs west to east in Glendale and has also helped land major employers such as Nestlé’s manufacturing plant.Without the new freeway, this could limit growth of the West Valley, Lydon said.”If you look at the beauty of the new Northern Parkway — it just unlocks accessibility and connectivity of the workforce to really good companies and further opens up some residential opportunities. That is what will happen to State Route 30. It is a critical investment,” he said.Buckeye, for example, is already preparing megasites around the future freeway for major employment growth. Suzanne Boyles …

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