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Cochise County details Davis Road safety upgrades, right-of-way acquisitions
Summary
At a Feb. 20 work session, county engineering staff outlined plans to add shoulders, replace culverts and acquire right-of-way on Davis Road to reduce flood closures and improve safety; funding is a mix of state earmarks, discretionary funds and county HEERF dollars, with full construction dependent on grants.
Cochise County engineering staff presented a plan Feb. 20 to reduce flooding and improve safety on Davis Road, a roughly 7.8-mile corridor that has repeatedly closed during heavy rains.
The presentation to the Cochise County Board of Supervisors at a special work session in Bisbee said design work is under way and that right-of-way acquisitions are in progress. Engineering staff said, “We have right of way perfected on 97 properties, and we still need to acquire on 49 properties,” and described targeted work at Milepost 5 and Milepost 13 to replace culverts and improve site distance at a low point that frequently floods.
The update framed the work as largely safety- and drainage-focused rather than an immediate conversion to a four-lane highway. Engineering staff said the current design includes widening shoulders (to about 8 feet) and targeted box-culvert installations at critical locations; the existing westbound lane in places would…
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