By Paul Maryniak | Ahwatukee Foothills News
As a federal judge dealt a major setback to opponents of the South Mountain Freeway, new concerns about the controversial thoroughfare have shifted the focus more from whether it should be built to how it will.
Those concerns prompted several angry outbursts Monday at the Village Planning Committee meeting when a standing-room-only crowd of about 300 people several times booed an Arizona Department of Transportation spokesman and loudly applauded a group of six Gila River Indian Community residents who performed a native dance condemning the project.