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Two Scottsdale roadways will undergo renovations thanks to a pair of grants provided by the Maricopa Association of Governments.
Scottsdale City Council approved the acceptance of a congestion mitigation and air quality grant and a transportation alternatives program grant for a total of almost $4.3 million for 68th street and Thomas Road. The approval came on consent at the Jan. 14 Meeting.
The CMAQ grant is for $615,243 for 68th Street from Indian School Road to Thomas Road. The complete project will add bicycle and pedestrian improvements to the stretch of road.
Specifically, it will provide bicycle lane improvements, median modifications, restriping on 68th Street and bicycle/pedestrian intersection improvements. Construction is slated for the 2020-21 fiscal year.
The TAP grant is for about $3.7 million for Thomas Road from 56th Street to 73rd Street. This project will include bicycle lane improvements, median modifications, drainage improvements and bicycle/pedestrian intersection improvements.
Plans for construction on this project won’t begin until fiscal year 2021-22.
These grants will cover up to a bit more than 94% of constructions costs with a requirement of 5.7% local match for construction. City staff say the 0.2% transportation sales tax will cover the local match as well as the full cost of design, which is happening for both projects in this fiscal year.
The Maricopa Association of Governments, or MAG, is a council of local governments that serves as the regional planning agency for the Valley.
The group’s website says it provides regional planning and policy decisions in areas of transportation, air and water quality, economic development and human services.
MAG began in 1967 and features mayors and councilmembers from many of the local municipalities in the Valley. Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane is part of the group as well as Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallegos and Paradise Valley Mayor Jerry Bien-Willner.
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