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Even bigger projects loom.
But the dozen planned projects carry a key asterisk: Depending on voter approval.
Indeed, in the truth-in-advertising category, Scottsdale could put up signs saying "Road Construction Ahead (Pending Funding)."
The city has massive plans to rip up and renovate roads — all dependent on landing federal, state and county funding.
Based on the March 21 Transportation Commission meeting, the city is ready to rip-and-redo 15 road sections, almost all of them north of Shea Boulevard .
The tentative budgets soar in excess of a quarter billion dollars.
But where will the money come from?
As Nathan Domme , the city's transportation planning manager, told the Transportation Commission , " Maricopa County voters will decide whether to extend Proposition 400, a half-cent sales tax for transportation, in the November 2024 General Election."
If voters approve the measure, it will generate hundreds of millions of dollars for road projects from 2026-2046.
This will be on the ballot as Proposition 479, another potential extension of the half-cent sales tax originally passed by voters in 1985 and renewed in 2004.
Those tax revenues fund the county Arterial Life Cycle Program, a program "to widen existing arterial streets, improve intersections and construct new arterial segments" overseen by the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG).
Scottsdale dipped into this program repeatedly over the last two decades.
In updating the current ALCP renovations, Domme noted projects have a 30% local match — the portion the city must pay.
Of three dozen road ALCP projects, the city has completed half, "with eight more to be completed by 2025. By 2026, 83% of the projects will be completed."
"The five remaining projects are in design currently and are looking to start construction around 2026," he noted.
No projects were in South Scottsdale — and only a few in the middle part of the city.
North Scottsdale , fast growing, was targeted heavily.
Six were in the category of Pima Road : Loop 101 to Happy Valley Road and Dynamite Road to Cave Creek Road .
Four were in the category of Legacy Boulevard : Hayden Road to Pima Road .
The current county-funded program ends in mid-2025.
Scottsdale's wish list, if Prop. 479 passes:
1. 56th Street : Jomax to Dynamite, new roadway, $16.9 million .
2. 92nd Street/94th Street : Shea to Thunderbird reconstruct, $10.2 million .
3. Dynamite Boulevard : 56th to Pima , widen roadway, $52.1 million .
4. Happy Valley Road : Scottsdale Road to Pima Road , widen roadway, $23.4 million .
5. Hayden Road : McKellips Road to Indian School Road , reconstruct, $12.1 million
6. Jomax Road : 56th Street to 94th Street , widen roadway, $34.4 million .
7. Legacy Boulevard Bridge : 94th Street to 98th Street bridge (new), $3.7 million .
8. Lone Mountain Road : 68th Street to Pima Road , widen roadway, $16.4 million .
9. Miller Road : Princess Drive to Legacy Boulevard , new roadway, $17 million .
10. Mountain View Road : 92nd Street to 96th Street , reconstruct, $4.9 million .
11. Pinnacle Peak Road : Scottsdale Road to Pima Road , widen roadway, $19.4 million .
12. Scottsdale Road : Highland Avenue to Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard , reconstruct, $50.7 million .
13. Scottsdale Road : McKellips to Roosevelt , reconstruct, $1.9 million .
14. Scottsdale Road : Loop 101 to Jomax Road , widen roadway, $33.4 million .
15. Via Linda: 90th Street to FLW Boulevard , reconstruct, $22.5 million .
'Complete Streets'
There is also another category of street projects — which includes "road diets," or, as the city now prefers, "complete streets."
"Every fall we're looking for new projects to be incorporated into the capital improvement program," Domme told the Transportation Commission .
"We have various amounts of complete street renovations," he added.
He highlighted what he called "the top three goals" of the city's Transportation Action Plan:
—Prioritize people, safety and livability;
—Improve accessibility for all;
—Promote active and healthy living.
Domme explained the city's street strategies include:
—Building or widening streets;
—Reconfiguring existing streets;
—Applying technology.
Under "Completed Improvements," Domme listed McDowell Road bike lanes; the 68th Street "complete street" that took away motorized vehicle lanes for bike lanes; and the Osborn Road "complete street and roundabout."
Domme said there are 14 more "complete street renovations ... anything from a pretty simple project or to a pretty significant overhaul of a roadway."
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