By Paul Maryniak, Ahwatukee Foothills News
The $1.7 billion freeway, Arizona’s most expensive highway project in history, will connect 59th Avenue in West Phoenix and the Chandler Interchange at I-10
Arizona Department of Transportation
The fight between highway planners and opponents of the South Mountain Freeway has become a race with the state contending taxpayers’ dollars and progress are at stake and those against it arguing Ahwatukee’s environment will be permanently damaged.
That race became clear last week as opponents pressed an appeals court to halt blasting and bridgework along Pecos Road, and work crews started pouring concrete for the highway’s first deck in Ahwatukee.
Crews closed part 40th Street overnight Monday and were expected to finish that job overnight tonight, Aug. 30. Then, between Sept. 5-7, ADOT will close 17th Avenue between Liberty Lane and Pecos overnight to pour concrete for another span.
