The city's announced the first year of road improvement projects for Proposition 411, which is funded through the half-cent sales tax voters approved in May.
Tatyana Johnson For the Arizona Daily Star Nearly a year after Tucson voters approved extending a sales tax for road improvements, city officials have developed initial plans for how the slate of projects will be carried out in a “worst first” approach.
The first year of projects includes roads that were given an evaluation grade of 20% or lower, based on a 0-100% scale. The roads were selected based on a “worst first” approach, said Dale Calvert, who chairs the commission. “There are at least two functions to equity … Are people in all parts of the city getting their reasonable share of the funds? And are those funds being applied in the most equitable way to maintain the streets in great shape as possible?” Calvert said.“It’s addressing the pavements that we are driving on primarily and replacing that asphalt surface or upgrading it in some fashion,” said James DeGrood, the Proposition 411 team lead.
Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio Safety upgradesSafe Streets, the second component of Proposition 411, will be further split into four different categories: pedestrian accessibility, bikeway improvements, general safety improvements and traffic signal upgrades, said Patrick Hartley, the Complete Streets Program Coordinator.
The Complete Streets team is working on design plans for the identified projects approved to begin this calendar year. Hartley explained that while citizens can expect some work to start this year, a bulk of the big projects will not begin until next calendar year.
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