By Adam Wolfe | inMaricopa.com
The Arizona State Transportation Board approved its five-year plan June 19 with $36.2 million to install a State Route 347 overpass at the railroad tracks.
“The state really saw the significance of the project,” Transportation Board member Kelly Anderson said. “It’s a safety issue with the trains crossing through town, by the high school and by so many businesses. The overpass will also get rid of the barrier between the north and south sides of town. It will even out Maricopa, and we’ll have one seamless city and one seamless region.”
Construction is not set to begin until 2020, according to the Department of Transportation’s plan, which is allocating the majority of the money for the overpass. For some, the process seems like it is dragging on way too long. For those who are involved in the project like Mayor Christian Price, the process is moving at an incredible rate.
