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City outlines timeline for Jackrabbit I‑10 interchange and multi‑year transportation projects
Summary
City traffic staff said the Jackrabbit and I‑10 interchange is moving toward construction funding and described multiple road‑widening and signal projects funded through the capital improvement program and a voter-approved bond.
City traffic officials described the long planning and funding process for major road projects and said the Jackrabbit Trail and I‑10 interchange is expected to move toward construction once funding is in place.
City Traffic Engineer John Willett explained the typical sequence for large transportation projects: need identification, an ADOT or agency study (often a year or more), design, and then construction after a funding source is secured. Willett said the cost estimate for a full interchange rebuild is in the range of about $65,000,000 and that passage of “Prop 4 79” is the funding source for the construction component as described in the remarks. He said officials hope to start construction in spring 2026 with a roughly 12–15 month construction schedule, which would target a completed interchange in spring 2027 “if everything goes well.”
Willett described the interchange scope as three lanes in each direction on Jackrabbit from McDowell to immediately south of the freeway, upgraded ramps and signals and additional connecting work south to Van Buren. He said the type will be a conventional interchange similar to the Verrado project, not a divergent diamond.
Officials also reviewed other projects the city plans to phase through bond and CIP funding: intersection and lane additions on Miller, Jackrabbit, McDowell and Watson roads; new traffic signals at multiple intersections (Van Buren, Roosevelt, McDowell, Thomas and others); lighting along Sun Valley Parkway near Tartesso; and earlier‑stage design or construction on Miller between Lower Buckeye and I‑10, McDowell improvements and Apache and Broadway intersection work.
Ending: City staff said they will phase the bond-funded work over several years, begin design steps on early projects, and coordinate with ADOT and utility relocations before major construction begins.
