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Road Closure Advisory
Northern Parkway Program Groundbreaking Ceremony
You’re Invited!
When: 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, February 29, 2012.
Where: On site on the south side of Northern Avenue just west of Dysart Road.
Chairman Max Wilson, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, in partnership with Mayor Lana Mook of the City of El Mirage, Mayor Elaine Scruggs of the City of Glendale and Mayor Bob Barrett of the City of Peoria, invite you to participate in the inaugural Northern Parkway Program Groundbreaking Ceremony commemorating the first phase of program construction between Sarival Avenue and Dysart Road.
Note to Agency Partners: Please forward this invitation within your organization.
About the Construction Project
Over the next few weeks, the Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) contractor will begin advance preparation and ground soaking to facilitate upcoming earthwork and excavation activities associated with the construction start of the first project to break ground within the multijurisdictional Northern Parkway Program (Loop 303 to US60/Grand Avenue), a Transportation Partnership of El Mirage, Glendale, Peoria and Maricopa County Department of Transportation.
This initial phase of program development, extending between Sarival Avenue and Dysart Road, will construct an interim four-lane roadway consisting of the eastbound and westbound auxiliary lanes and the two outside travel lanes (one lane in each direction) of the ultimate six-lane Northern Parkway. (A center concrete barrier and an additional inside lane in each direction will be added in the future to form the ultimate six-lane configuration).
Connecting ramps for future grade-separated intersections (overpasses); bridge structures at the BNSF spur/143rd Avenue and Sarival Avenue crossings; new curb, gutter and street lighting at on/off ramps and intersecting cross Streets; and the installation of new traffic signals at Sarival Avenue, Reems Road and Litchfield Road will also be constructed as part of this current project.
Work will start at the west end of the project at the intersection of Sarival Avenue and Butler Road and continue eastward to Litchfield Road, then shift southeastward to connect with the current Northern Avenue alignment, and continue eastward to match existing improvements at Dysart Road. Construction activity between Sarival Avenue and Dysart Road will take approximately 13 months and completion is slated for Spring 2013.