DPS troopers will monitor north and southbound traffic with more troopers concentrated in the Bumble Bee area, ADOT said.
Adopt a Highway program volunteers removed 10,400 bags of litter from Arizona freeways in 2024, ADOT announced.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs proposed an extra $15.8 million as part of the executive budget to go to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to address the impact of rising material cost on highway construction.
Arizona has launched a new truck parking availability system. Officials say the system “helps truckers get the rest they need.”
ADOT and DPS increase trooper patrols on the I-17 corridor to enhance safety during ongoing road improvements.
The Arizona Department of Transportation is working to expand broadband access in the state as it embarks on a new project to lay more than 200 miles of fiber-optic conduit between Flagstaff and the California state line.
The proposed freeway would run from Wickenburg to Nogales and has been subject to lawsuit filed by a conservation group.
Conservation groups say the proposed Arizona routes for an Interstate 11 project failed to consider habitat for imperiled desert species.
As Arizona’s Family reported, one of the threatened species is the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, whose climate would be threatened as part of the highway’s construction.
Volunteers with the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Adopt a Highway program contributed nearly 18,000 hours of labor last year to keep Arizona highways clean, state
Elijah Palmer, a minimum custody risk inmate, escaped early Saturday morning from the Whetstone Unit at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tucson.
Dr. Shehzad Batliwala confirmed with Arizona’s Family that the group is safely out of Gaza. He said they would travel to Jordan and then fly home to the United States.