Plan for Widening Grant Road

May 9, 2008 | By Kelley Koehler | Filed Under About Tucson

Some of you will remember back in 2006 when voters approved a sales tax that formed the Regional Transportation Authority. One of their first projects is the widening of Grant Road.

I found a website that will help us understand the schedule, potential impact area, as well as keep track of current status, at www.GrantRoad.info.

The project in a nutshell:

There’s a five mile section of Grant Road, between Oracle Road and Swan Avenue, in Central Tucson. The road is currently 2 lanes in either direction, and will be widened to a road that is 3 lanes in either direction. After talking to a guy on the citizen task force for the project, I’m told there will be wide bike lanes and sidewalks as well.

The thing is, there’s a lot of businesses and homes along Grant Road, and no one is sure yet how the road will be aligned – who will be loosing some property through eminent domain. That’s one of the big controversies of the project. The RTA is anticipating having an alignment plan in late 2008 or early 2009.

They’re also considering some different traffic flow patterns, where at the major intersections, vehicles turning left will have to go past the intersection, pull a u-turn, head back, and make a right turn.

Construction is scheduled to begin in 2013, so there’s a while yet until the project will start to impact motorists. The impact area for this project technically stretches a quarter mile North and South of Grant Road, so if you live in or around the area, you might want to keep an eye on the project.

You can join the mailing list from the RTA Grant Road improvement plan website to stay current on the widening plans.

tags: real estate, road construction, tucson

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