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Originally Posted by ASU Diablo
Have ADOT and/or other agencies chosen the proposed route yet? If not, then the proposed corridor above makes total sense. I would rather see this as we get I-11 down to Lukeville/Rocky Point improving travel times for our summer getaways. Does it propose using the 303 for travel up to Wickenburg or is it a new corridor? Can't tell...
Edit: Yeah nevermind. Preferred route below, my bad.
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I'm not sure why ADOT is focused on the southern route before they finish the northern route. The northern route would give immediate relief for the traffic on US-93 and dramatically improve road conditions. The pace they're going we won't see it completed before we have flying cars.
That being said, the proposed route shown above along I-19 and north mostly follows ADOT/Pinal County and MAGs next generation of freeways they've been planning. Now they have a federal funding source, so the Hassyampa, Tucson west loop, L303 to I-8, etc all get built - but now they are I-11.
The route west of the white tanks is NOT L303 - that route was the proposed Hassyampa Freeway. SR-74 will be converted to freeway standards and connect to I-11 south of Wickenberg and be one of the connectors to the PHX area (connect I-11 to I-17). Loop 404 (the White Tank Freeway) will start at L303/US-60, run along a big portion of US-60 and ultimately connect to I-11 to be another one of the PHX/I-11 connectors. There's even a freeway connector proposed to connect I-11 to the Prescott area in Yavapai County. Everyone is piling onto this.
Yes, this freeway is running too far west of the city to really be a direct link between PHX and LV. But at the expected pace of development west of the White Tanks (i.e. Bill Gate's Bellemont and the other big project out there along I-11) it will likely be more urbanized than we expect now. Especially considering we won't see it even break ground for another 20-30 years at the current pace.