Closure of Alma School ramp in Chandler starts night of Sept. 3

The off-ramp from westbound Loop 202 (Santan Freeway) up to Alma School Road in Chandler will close for about 60 days starting at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3.

Crews will reconstruct the ramp as part of the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Loop 202 widening project in the Southeast Valley. The ramp is scheduled to reopen in early November.

Drivers can detour by exiting westbound Loop 202 at Dobson Road.

This weekend, the on-ramp from Price Road onto eastbound Loop 202  is scheduled to be closed from 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, to 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, for construction.

The $200 million Loop 202 Improvement Project is adding lanes and interchange improvements along 8 miles of Loop 202 between Loop 101 (Price Freeway) and Val Vista Drive in Chandler and Gilbert. The project is funded in part by Proposition 400, a dedicated half-cent sales tax that Maricopa County voters approved in 2004.

The project is scheduled under the Regional Transportation Plan managed by the Maricopa Association of Governments, the metropolitan planning organization for the Greater Phoenix region.

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