Mesa outlines $65 million Broadway Road Phase 1 overhaul, cites school and pedestrian safety needs

Mesa City Council members on Aug. 14 heard a staff briefing on Broadway Road Phase 1, a corridor reconstruction project stretching roughly from Mesa Drive to Stapley Drive that city staff said will begin in September and last about two years. Lance Albright, a city staff member involved with the project, described the effort as “really kind of 5 or 6 projects in 1.”

The project scope, as presented by city staff, includes replacement and coordination of aging utilities (staff said some date to the 1940s), pavement replacement, new right‑turn lanes on all four legs of the Broadway/Stapley intersection, new storm drain work tied to a regional drainage system, new sidewalks and pedestrian hybrid beacons at three locations identified in staff materials: Lehi Sueur, Olive and the crossing at Eagles Park adjacent to the elementary school. Albright told council the corridor is pedestrian‑friendly and that traffic‑control phasing to preserve…