TRAFFIC ALERT: Southbound traffic shift Wednesday on Houghton Road Drivers are asked to travel through the area with caution and to remember speed limits on these construction zones will be limited 25 miles per hour. (Source: TxDot) By KOLD News 13 Staff | April 13, 2021 at 4:36 PM MST - Updated April 14 at 5:35 AM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Southbound traffic on Houghton Road from Valencia Road to Mary Ann Cleveland Way will switch to the west side of the roadway onto new asphalt on Wednesday, April 14.
The Tucson Department of Transportation says northbound traffic is scheduled to switch onto the west side of the roadway on Monday, April 19.
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
A better south-side connection
This summer Tucsonans saw the years-long Interstate 19 and Ajo Way interchange completed. The improvements include widening Ajo Way and the southbound lanes on I-19 and adding an auxiliary lane for northbound traffic from Irvington Road to Ajo.
Two new bridges at Michigan Street and the Santa Cruz River went up in the area. Crews also installed sound walls to protect adjacent neighborhoods from the busy roadway.
Crews had been working on the projectâs Phase 2 since July 2018.
Protection from the dust
The Arizona Department of Transportation is already helping guide drivers through a dangerous section of Interstate 10 prone to dust storms in 2020.