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GRAND AVENUE; SR 101L TO MC DOWELL ROAD (EN00249)

MAJOR INVESTMENT STUDY (MIS)

Project Description
In 2006, the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) completed the Grand Avenue Major Investment Study Phase II (SR101L to McDowell Road), which evaluated the needs of various roadway improvements along the Grand Avenue corridor from, SR101L to McDowell Road.

The study included:

• Socioeconomic & Environmental Conditions

• Existing, Programmed and Planned Facilities

• Issues and Needs Identification

• Alternatives Analysis

• Access Management

• Community Mitigation (Aesthetic Improvements)

• Recommended Improvements

• Implementation Plan

The recommended improvements and implementation plan was further broken into the following three

project phases as it relates to proposed improvements within the City of Peoria limits:

• Phase 1 - (2006 to 2010) Access Management & Community Mitigation

• Phase 2 - (2011 to 2015) Access Management & Community Mitigation

• Phase 4 - (2021 to 2025) Access Management, Community Mitigation and Intersection       Improvements

Phase 3 of the MAG RTP Highway Program has no money programmed for Grand Avenue Improvements within the Study Area.

In 2008, the Arizona Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Cities of Phoenix, Glendale and Peoria, completed a Design Concept Report which further refined the recommended improvements included in Phase 1.

Recommended improvements for Phase I within the City of Peoria include median and roadway landscaping, street lighting, sidewalks, and wrought iron fencing along the railroad side of the corridor, from approximately L101 to 71st Avenue.  Fencing will end roughly at Cotton Crossing.  ADOT has also included some land form graphics/shapes made up of different colors of decomposed granite which will be located on the embankment slopes for Grand Avenue between 75th Avenue and 71st Avenue.

Project at a Glance

Project Status
ADOT is currently under contract with Kimley-Horn & Associates to complete the final design documents for the proposed Phase 1 improvements.  Design is scheduled for completion in January 2012, with construction beginning in summer 2012.

Links

• ADOT Project Webpage www.azdot.gov/Highways/Valley_Freeways/US60/Grand_Avenue/index.asp

Updated January 17, 2012