City News

The City of Tucson Department of Transportation and Mobility (DTM) is planning neighborhood traffic safety and pedestrian and bicycle improvements to Eighteenth Street, Eighth Avenue, S Campbell Avenue, and Pinal Vista. These projects are part of the voter-approved Proposition 407 Tucson Delivers Strong Connections Program that will calm traffic on neighborhood streets and expand the citywide low-stress biking and walking network.

See the map below for the project boundaries:

It seemed like it was winter just a couple of weeks ago, but temperatures are starting to climb already (it’s 81 as I write this). Like many of our recreational facilities, city pools have been mostly off limits due to COVID-19. 

On Thursday, April 15, 2021, crews from Next Generation Electrical, under contract with the City of Tucson Department of Transportation and Mobility (DTM), are scheduled to replace traffic signal poles and mast arms, as well as convert the traffic signals to include flashing yellow arrows for eastbound and westbound travel at the Broadway and Prudence Road intersection.

Work at the intersection will take place from about 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., the same day.

TRAFFIC ALERT

TRAFFIC SIGNAL WORK

PARK AVENUE AND DREXEL ROAD INTERSECTION

Crews from Next Generation Electrical, under contract with the City of Tucson Department of Transportation and Mobility (DTM), are scheduled to rewire the traffic signals at the Park Avenue and Drexel Road intersection tomorrow, April 13, 2021.

Some concerns about the recycling monitoring project have come back to my office. I wanted to talk a little bit about it. 

Since the city has had curbside recycling, Environmental Services has had a number of educational campaigns about what should be recycled and what shouldn’t. This has included public information campaigns in local media and inserts in water bills to remind people. Unfortunately, this has not been working. 

For the safety of the traveling public and to facilitate the installation of an underground 48-inch diameter storm drain on the north side of Broadway, Country Club Road, just north of Broadway will be closed to through travel from about 7 p.m. Friday, April 9, 2021 until about 6 a.m. on Monday, April 12.

Eastbound and westbound travel on Broadway will not be affected by this closure.