By Ryan Randazzo | Arizona Republic
When the new 22-mile segment of the Loop 202 opens later this month, not only will the commute for tens of thousands of people change, but so will open countryside that has long defined the landscape in that area.
Housing, obviously, will be what much of the now vacant land and farmland converts to along the freeway. Dairy farms and alfalfa fields already are transforming to rooftops along the route from southwest Phoenix to Chandler.
But with the entire length of the extension in Phoenix, that city anticipates a host of new retail, industrial, and hopefully, technology businesses, along with the homes.
