Ft. Apache Project Makes Road Safer for All
County Commissioner Justin Jones marked the completion of significant improvements along Ft. Apache Road this morning.
“This project added new bike lanes, sidewalks, streetlights, and travel lanes for vehicles in this heavily-used corridor in the southwest valley,” Commissioner Jones said. “We are working to make this area safer for drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians, and I look forward to the next phase, which will extend these improvements all the way to Blue Diamond Road.”
The project improved Ft. Apache from Warm Springs to Huntington Cove Parkway and also included work on storm drains, traffic signal upgrades and blasting of adjacent rock to make room for the wider road. The Holcim company was the contractor for this project.
In 2021, the County completed similar improvements to Ft. Apache from Tropicana Avenue to Warm Springs Road. Work on the next phase, which will be from Huntington Cove to Blue Diamond Road, could begin in 2023.
These are among several projects coming to the area. The new Southwest Ridge Park off of Grand Canyon Drive will be opened within the next few months. Also, construction may begin in the coming year on a new bicycle park at the intersection Ft. Apache and Warm Springs.
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