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Board directs staff to pursue IGA with ADOT for US‑93 frontage road to improve safety near Vista Royale
Summary
After a presentation by Public Works and ADOT, the board authorized staff to move forward seeking an intergovernmental agreement to accept maintenance of a new frontage road and roundabout on US‑93 designed to reduce driveway access to the highway and improve safety for residents; ADOT will perform initial preservation treatments expected to delay county maintenance for about seven years.
The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors gave Public Works direction Dec. 17 to pursue an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the Arizona Department of Transportation for a safety improvement project on U.S. Route 93 that will add a frontage road and a roundabout near the Vista Royale subdivision.
Public Works Director Roger McCormick said the project, funded through a state grant, would move driveway access off the high‑speed highway onto a newly constructed frontage road and install a roundabout to control access. McCormick said the state would secure the right‑of‑way and then convey it to the county; the county is being asked to accept maintenance of roughly 0.08 miles of existing 9 Iron Ranch Road plus approximately 0.91 miles of the new frontage road.
“Right now they’re coming in off of this road here…this is not a safe condition,” McCormick said, describing multiple driveways that currently open directly onto US‑93. He said ADOT plans to apply a chip‑seal surface treatment as part of construction, which he estimated would give the county about seven years before routine maintenance is required.
ADOT district administrator Anthony Brozic (introduced in the meeting) answered questions about alternatives and funding constraints, indicating ADOT is not structured to maintain these smaller turnback roads long term and that local partnership is often the best route to ensure ongoing maintenance. The board voted to direct staff to continue work and to bring the IGA back for formal approval; no vote to accept maintenance was finalized at the Dec. 17 meeting—they authorized staff to proceed with obtaining the IGA and return to the board.
