Buckeye plans Jackrabbit–I‑10 interchange, seeks construction funding; other corridor projects also slated

City traffic engineer John Willett said the long‑planned Jackrabbit Trail interchange with Interstate 10 is largely through design and is scheduled to go to construction bidding next year, with construction hoped to begin in spring 2026 and a finish "in the spring of 20 27, maybe summer," he said.

The interchange and a suite of corridor improvements matter because they aim to relieve congestion across eastern Buckeye as new development and freight traffic increase. Willett told an interviewer the project’s construction component is funded in part by state transportation funding from "Prop 4 79," and that the city’s voter‑approved go bond will support a range of other roadway projects across Buckeye.

Willett described the ADOT (Arizona Department of Transportation) process for large projects: a study to identify solutions, a design phase that can take about a year to 15 months, then bidding and construction. On the Jackrabbit interchange, he said, "Is originally, it was about $65,000,000 and that's the range is looking in right now to redo everything." He said ADOT and the Maricopa Association of Governments…