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10-17-07, 02:06 PM
City needs $6 billion to build, maintain roads, bridges
Michael Clancy
The Arizona Republic
Oct. 12, 2007 10:45 AM
Phoenix will need almost $6 billion over the next 20 years to build new roads and bridges and to maintain the ones the city already has.
That was the high-priced news provided to the City Council this week by leaders of Phoenix's Street Transportation Department.
Some projects are planned in Ahwatukee Foothills though not as many as other areas of the city.
On the good side of the story, about 40 percent of the total already has funding identified.
The bad news is that current revenue sources will not take care of the remaining 60 percent.
A report given to council members detailed the projected expenditures, including:
• Almost $4 billion for major regional improvements including major roads, bridges and intersections. Streets officials have identified a little more than $1.5 billion already funded.
• About $1 billion for major drainage improvements, including detention basins and channels and storm sewers. Only $220 million of funding has been identified.
• Just short of $1 billion in other local improvements, including compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, pedestrian and bicycle improvements, dust control, traffic signs, landscaping and sidewalks. Funding has been identified for more than half of those projects.
Rising costs and the need to make a case for more funding to a variety of organizations prompted the report. The council took no action.
In Ahwatukee, streetscape work is planned on 48th Street between Frye Road and Woodland Drive.
"There are improvements everywhere in the city that need to be made, probably less in Ahwatukee than other parts of the city," said Phoenix Councilman Greg Stanton, who represents Ahwatukee. "We've got a lot of urbanized areas that need to be improved."
Michael Clancy
The Arizona Republic
Oct. 12, 2007 10:45 AM
Phoenix will need almost $6 billion over the next 20 years to build new roads and bridges and to maintain the ones the city already has.
That was the high-priced news provided to the City Council this week by leaders of Phoenix's Street Transportation Department.
Some projects are planned in Ahwatukee Foothills though not as many as other areas of the city.
On the good side of the story, about 40 percent of the total already has funding identified.
The bad news is that current revenue sources will not take care of the remaining 60 percent.
A report given to council members detailed the projected expenditures, including:
• Almost $4 billion for major regional improvements including major roads, bridges and intersections. Streets officials have identified a little more than $1.5 billion already funded.
• About $1 billion for major drainage improvements, including detention basins and channels and storm sewers. Only $220 million of funding has been identified.
• Just short of $1 billion in other local improvements, including compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, pedestrian and bicycle improvements, dust control, traffic signs, landscaping and sidewalks. Funding has been identified for more than half of those projects.
Rising costs and the need to make a case for more funding to a variety of organizations prompted the report. The council took no action.
In Ahwatukee, streetscape work is planned on 48th Street between Frye Road and Woodland Drive.
"There are improvements everywhere in the city that need to be made, probably less in Ahwatukee than other parts of the city," said Phoenix Councilman Greg Stanton, who represents Ahwatukee. "We've got a lot of urbanized areas that need to be improved."