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Staff lays out Plant Road/Poston Butte Loop plan to ease traffic, boost access and support growth

Town of Florence Town Council · January 15, 2026
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Summary

Public works presented a multi-project ‘Poston Butte Loop’ concept tying a Plant Road crossing to Hunt Highway and SR-79 to create redundancy, shorten emergency response times and open land for commercial use; staff proposed public-private partnerships and a request-for-innovation to explore funding.

Public works staff on Jan. 13 presented a sweeping transportation concept centered on a Plant Road low-flow crossing and an interconnected Poston Butte Loop that would link multiple corridors around Florence and provide redundancy for a town facing rising traffic.

Public Works Director Andy Smith showed aerials and described how a Plant Road crossing over the Gila River could connect to Hunt Highway and, farther east, to Pinnell Parkway (State Route 79), forming a loop that would ease…

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