By Michelle Ye Hee Lee The Arizona Republic
The proposed Interstate 11 corridor that would expand and improve the existing route between Phoenix and Las Vegas is a transportation “boondoggle” that was based on obsolete data and exemplifies wasteful highway spending, a national advocacy group says.
In a report released Tuesday, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund highlighted 11 proposed transportation projects in various states that it found questionable, given what researchers declared was an end to the decades-long “Driving Boom.”
