Council approves Camelback Road widening cost‑recovery resolution for Goodyear segment

The City Council voted unanimously to create a special public improvement project area and authorize cost recovery for the Camelback Road widening project on Goodyear’s portion of the corridor.

City Engineer Steve Cinto and senior project manager Alan Smoko presented the project scope, describing roughly 2.7 miles of roadway improvements from Loop 303 to the city’s eastern limits: two lanes each direction in the current scope, turn-lane and signal additions, stormwater improvements, sidewalks, landscaping and a bike lane. Alan said the total construction cost is roughly $30,000,000 and staff identified four impacted parcels with an "opinion of maximum probable cost" allocation totaling about $13,500,000.

Cinto said Arizona city code allows the municipality to recover construction costs that property owners would otherwise have to build at the time of their development; cost recovery payments are collected when a parcel final plats or before a permit is issued. Council members asked technical questions about lane counts, coordination with neighboring Glendale and Litchfield Park projects, and whether widening on the north side is Glendale's responsibility.

After discussion, Council adopted Resolution No. 2025‑2494 establishing the special public improvement project area and authorizing the city to recover an allocated share of costs from benefited property owners; the motion passed 7–0.

Staff said parcel owners were notified during the process and that the city coordinated on opinions of maximum probable cost with property owners; final assessments will be determined and shared after construction and actual costs are known.