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The SR 802 (Williams Gateway Freeway) Location/Design Concept
Reports and Environmental Study will address Engineering as
well as Environmental Elements. These include but are not
limited to the following:
Engineering
Elements
Design guidelines
Corridor restrictions
Traffic estimates
Freeway location alternatives
Commuting options
Drainage and utilities
Bridge types
Construction cost estimates
Right-of-way
Implementation plan |
Environmental
Elements
Water and air quality
Noise
Cultural/historic resources
Land use/socioeconomics
Title VI/Environmental Justice
Biological resources
Hazardous materials
Visual resources
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Product:
Location/Design Concept Report |
Product:
Environmental Document |
Background
In March 2006, Maricopa Association of Governments completed
the Williams Gateway Freeway Alignment and Environmental Overview
Study for the Maricopa County
portion of the study area. The study purpose was to identify
a preferred alignment for the Maricopa County portion of the
planned freeway and to develop detailed information regarding
facility characteristics, right-of-way needs, environmental
issues, and environmental justice concerns under Title VI
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This information was intended
to provide essential input for subsequent ADOT required corridor
engineering, environmental, and design studies.
Concurrently, ADOT completed a
Williams Gateway Corridor Definition Study for the Pinal
County portion of the study area and incorporated the MAG
Framework Study. The study identified the general location
of a potential future roadway that would extend the SR 802
(Williams Gateway Freeway) into Pinal County. In February
2006, the State Transportation Board adopted the corridor
into the MoveAZ Arizona Long Range Transportation Plan.
Funding
The Maricopa County portion of SR 802 (Williams Gateway Freeway)
study, design, and eventual construction is included in the
Regional Transportation Plan for Maricopa County and therefore
will be funded by the voter approved half-cent sales tax under
the voter-approved Proposition 400 (Maricopa County portion)
and ADOT Statewide funding (Pinal County portion).
Construction timing for the SR 802 (Williams Gateway Freeway)
is dependent upon the outcome of the planning and design studies.
However, according to the Regional Transportation Plan, construction
funding for the Maricopa County portion of the Williams Gateway
Freeway is programmed to occur in the 2016-2020 timeframe.
No funding has been identified for the purchase of right-of-way
or for construction of new highways in Pinal County.
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Our Valley Freeway System is part of the 2004 voter-approved Regional Transportation Plan. We are working hard with our transit partners to implement the voters’ vision and are committed to quality, safety, open communication with our neighbors, and minimal inconvenience to the traveling public. |
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