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Mesa councilors discuss returning excess ADOT right-of-way; city to maintain short asphalt segments
Summary
Council members heard a staff explanation of an ongoing process to take back excess ADOT right-of-way near freeway interchanges so the city can maintain asphalt up to concrete boundaries; staff said the transfers typically involve about 100 feet of pavement and follow the US 60 repaving work.
At a Dec. 1 city study session, council members reviewed a staff briefing on agreements with the Arizona Department of Transportation to accept small strips of roadway returned to city control after freeway construction.
An unidentified council member explained the rationale: “Ever since I've been at the city, we've been working with ADOT on essentially when they've built freeways, they've taken more right of way than they end up actually…
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