The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in favor a plan to spend as much as $197 million on economic development, reports Inside Tucson Business.
The plan later would require voter approval, to sell municipal bonds to fund infrastructure improvements designed to attract and retain area employers.
The bulk of the plan, $90 million, would fund the construction of an east-west corridor south of Tucson International Airport.
The plan was forwarded to the county’s Bond Advisory Committee for additional review and to act on supervisors’ requests to include funding for a rural area economic development component and possible improvements in urban and downtown neighborhoods.
