A virtual public meeting will take place later this month when Arizona Department of Transportation officials gather comments and answer questions about designs of the Interstate 10 interchange at Jackrabbit Trail.

Planned improvements include:

• Reconstructing the I-10/Jackrabbit Trail interchange and adding traffic signals.
• Widening on- and off-ramps and providing additional turn lanes.
• Widening Jackrabbit Trail to three lanes in each direction between McDowell Road and Van Buren Street.

The project to improve traffic flow and safety at the Jackrabbit Trail interchange is not funded for construction, according to a release. The project is included in the Regional Strategic Transportation Infrastructure Investment Plan.

Virtual meeting details:

• 6-7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 23. 
• Participants can register online at azdot.gov/JackrabbitMtg.
• The call-in number: 669-444-9171. Participant ID: 264911.
• English webinar ID: 951 5167 6868  Spanish Webinar ID: 948 3052 6118.

The meeting will include a presentation by ADOT’s project team and an opportunity for questions and comments from participants, state officials said.

Following the meeting, the presentation will be available on the project’s study website at azdot.gov/I10Jackrabbit.

Public comments about the draft recommended improvements at I-10 and Jackrabbit Trail can be submitted through Feb. 7 in the following ways: An online survey at azdot.gov/i10JackrabbitComments,; by phone at 623-695-7411, by mail at ADOT community relations, 1655 West Jackson St., MD 126F, Phoenix, AZ 85007 and by email at NGBecerra@azdot.gov.

We’d like to invite our readers to submit their civil comments on this issue. Email AZOpinions@iniusa.org.