By Real Estate Daily News
PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA – The Pima County Board of Supervisors reiterated its opposition to a proposed route for Interstate 11, a planned highway expansion proposal to connect Nogales to Wickenburg before joining existing highways on route to Nevada.
In a resolution passed in a 4-1 vote, with Dist. 4 Supervisor Steve Christy opposed, the board noted the proposed route for the highway through the Avra Valley and Picture Rocks areas could have injurious effects on Sonoran Desert landscapes west of the Tucson Mountains and place new financial pressures on local governments.
As is noted in the board’s resolution: “a new highway near or through Pima County on any new route, would promote urban sprawl, causing local governments to incur large financial responsibilities for new infrastructure costs, and force major changes to existing county land-use and zoning designations.”
