By James Hodl | CopperArea.com
A 20-year plan to develop a countywide transportation system consisting a new and improved roads and transit systems throughout Pinal County is currently being drafted, with an eye on bringing it – along with a request to fund the requested projects – before voters next November.
The developmental effort was launched last August when the Pinal County Board of Supervisors voted to create the Pinal Regional Transportation Authority (PRTA) as a special public improvements and taxing subdivision of the state of Arizona under state statute 48-5302. The statute applies only to Arizona counties with fewer than 400,000 residents, of which Pinal County qualifies.
