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MARICOPA
COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
NEWS
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MCDOT Readies for $18 Million El Mirage Road Extension
“New” El mirage Road to connect Bell Road to SR Loop 303
Northwest Valley---. Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) has moved up the construction of a new three-mile stretch of El Mirage Road between Bell Road and the newly completed segment of El Mirage Road at Deer Valley Drive, providing a continuous connection between Bell Road and SR Loop 303. “This last stretch of El Mirage Road will help relieve congestion on Bell Road and get traffic up to the 303 in a more direct manner, saving time and gas,” said Chairman Max Wilson, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.
Construction will take approximately 10 months and is expected to start in early February 2010. Roadway opening is slated for December 2010. Improvements include the construction of a new four-lane divided roadway (two travel lanes in each direction with bike lanes and a center median) just east of the existing roadway alignment. The project will also construct two “all-weather” crossings of the McMicken Dam Outlet channel and include the installation of additional turn lanes at the northern half of the Bell Road intersection.
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