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Public works previews transportation master plan, notes arterial upgrades and East-West capacity needs
Summary
Public Works Director Mohammed Yousef reviewed a decade of arterial improvements and previewed a transportation master plan that highlights east-west connectivity, Meridian/Ironwood and Bauer Road as priority corridors and calls for more active-transportation facilities.
Public Works Director Mohammed Yousef briefed council on transportation capital projects and a draft transportation master plan as part of the budget discussion on April 8. He said the town has invested more than $300 million over the past decade to upgrade arterial roads and intersections, and staff are preparing an updated master plan that will guide future project prioritization.
Yousef said the department solicited public input through an online survey and that respondents consistently asked for improved signal timing, expanded turn lanes, more separated bike lanes and additional pedestrian sidewalks. The draft plan maps projected population growth through buildout and shows increasing congestion in the northeast and eastern corridors; the plan identifies Ironwood Road and Meridian Road as high-priority corridors for capacity and safety improvements and lists Bauer Road as a south-side corridor with near-term projects already under construction.
Yousef said staff will finalize the plan over the summer and return to council with recommended project lists and schedules. He told the council that a contingent $50 million construction reserve in the budget is held in the streets fund as a flexible source of capital for opportunistic purchases, partner projects such as Pinal County ARPA-funded work and unplanned needs, but staff will return with more historical detail on that contingency and options for a policy tied to the overall capital portfolio.
No council action was taken at the April 8 session; staff said the transportation master plan will be before council later this year for adoption and project programming.
