Buckeye presents update to transportation master plan, adds wildlife chapter and funding priorities

City of Buckeye Deputy Director of Transportation John Willett presented an update to the city's Transportation Master Plan (TMP) at a council workshop, outlining revised roadway classifications, a new wildlife-crossing chapter, updated modeling and a proposed funding allocation for future projects.

"This is the update to [the] transportation master plan," Willett said, describing work that began after the plan's 2019 approval. He said state law requires periodic updates and that the city incorporated changes to the General Plan, new MAG modeling criteria and several studies completed since 2019.

Willett told council members the update redraws some parkway-classified corridors as higher-capacity arterials. He said Sun Valley Parkway will be reclassified from a parkway with indirect lefts to a principal arterial with four lanes in each direction, signals and normal access…