Thoughts On The Expansion Of State Route 260 West

July 10, 2013

At the end of June, the state transportation board decided that part of Arizona State Route 260 West of Interstate 17 needed to be widened at a cost of more than $65 million. It  will be the biggest rural highway project in the state over the next several years, but Arizona Department of Transportation engineers did not even recommend the work. So how did it get approved?

Arizona Republic transportation reporter Sean Holstege answered that and other questions.