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We have been heading to Arizona in late winter for the last 15 years, beginning with weeklong jaunts pre-retirement, and leading up to monthlong visits more recently.
Arizona has a compelling allure that has grown on us as the years go by. My husband, Ron, and I are always delighted to leave the cold and snows of Colorado behind, and head south.
We always seem to find new things to see and do, so no visit is the same. I love discovering a historic site we have not previously visited â checking out unexplored, scenic vistas and, with luck, catching sight of some desert critters. This year we skipped our plans to spend two weeks in Mexico in February, but as soon as we were both fully vaccinated, we loaded up the trailer and headed to Tucson.
The Loop voted best recreational trail in U.S. kold.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kold.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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The new year brings a number of new (and old) transportation projects to the region, including the continued widening of Broadway Boulevard between Country Club Road and downtown, long-planned improvements to Sabino Canyon Road and much-needed repairs to Oracle Road.
City of Tucson officials anticipate wrapping up the widening of Broadway Boulevard between Country Club Road and Euclid Avenue to three lanes in each direction in September 2021. The project, which will also include better bike lanes and sidewalks, is a partnership between Tucson, Pima County and Regional Transportation Authority.
The city will also continue work on the Downtown Links project. The new roadway is essentially the long-planned last mile of Aviation Highway, although it has been scaled back considerably from what was planned decades ago. Running alongside the Union Pacific Railroad tracks for most part, the roadway will stretch from the current end of Aviation at Broadway Boulevard to Sixth Street, with