Tucson Weekly: Surf On Our Turf (January 28 - February 3, 1999) tucsonweekly.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tucsonweekly.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An international medical technology company is planning to build a new state-of-the-art facility in Tucson by 2022 that will serve as the companyâs supply chain hub and the last stop for manufacturing and sterilization before their goods hit the market.Â
BDâBecton, Dickinson and Companyâis set to invest $65 million on a 120,000-square-foot facility that will spread across 32 acres on the northeast corner of Valencia and Kolb Road. The company expects to add 40 new jobs to the local economy and is looking for engineers, scientists, quality-control specialists and other skilled positions. Regional economic development coordinator Sun Corridor, Inc. projects this investment should have a $122 million economic impact over the next decade.Â
Man shot, killed after eastside altercation involving juveniles kvoa.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kvoa.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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