ADOT wants public's ideas for Apache Junction-to-Florence travel study
INDEPENDENT NEWSMEDIA
Posted 4/27/25
The Arizona Department of Transportation is asking for the public to comment as it begins an engineering and environmental study for the proposed North-South Corridor’s northern segment …
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STATE ROUTE 505
ADOT wants public's ideas for Apache Junction-to-Florence travel study
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INDEPENDENT NEWSMEDIA
The Arizona Department of Transportation is asking for the public to comment as it begins an engineering and environmental study for the proposed North-South Corridor’s northern segment spanning 20 miles from Apache Junction to Florence.
ADOT is putting together an environmental impact statement for a stretch of the corridor from U.S. 60 to Arizona Farms Road.
“This phase will develop the purpose of and need for the proposed project,” Arizona Department of Transportation officials stated in a release.
It also will create a preliminary range of alternatives for 400-foot-wide freeway alignments within the 1,500-foot corridor and review potential interchanges.
ADOT’s outreach for the study includes public meetings in May. The public comment period lasts through June 10.
State transportation officials said the corridor, also known as State Route 505, “is under study to enhance the area’s transportation network to accommodate the current and future population and employment growth, improve access to future development and other centers of activity, improve regional mobility, provide an alternative to and reduce congestion on Interstate 10, improve north-to-south connectivity, and integrate with the region’s transportation network."
The following public meetings are scheduled:
5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 15, Apache Junction Multi-Generational Center, 1035 N. Idaho Road.
5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 20, Poston Butte High School, 32375 N. Gantzel Road, San Tan Valley.
A virtual public meeting is scheduled for 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 22. To participate:
The same information will be presented at each meeting, according to ADOT. Meeting presentations and materials will be posted to the study website at northsouth-segment1.com for those unable to attend.
We’d like to invite our readers to submit their civil comments on this issue. Email AZOpinions@iniusa.org.
