City News

A Message from Steve K...

Please find Council Member Kozachik's Newsletter at the following link:

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/AZTUCSON/bulletins/2c2d91c

Topics in this issue:

• Vaccine Update 

• COVID and State Transparency

• Asylum Seekers

• PFAS and Midtown 

• PFAS and the UA

• COVID and Isolation

• Small Cell Poles

• COVID at College Campuses

Our city recreation centers have been closed, and many other opportunities for healthy recreational activities have been limited over the last year.  

Downtown Links Constructors (DLC), under contract with the City of Tucson Department of Transportation and Mobility have begun work on the Downtown Links project.

Motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians should anticipate intermittent lane restrictions throughout the limits of the project in addition to the following upcoming work (See Map):

The City of Tucson Draft PHA Annual Plan and 5-Year Capital Plan now open for 45-day review period.

You can view the document here.

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 intersections north and south of Interstate 10 at Sixth Avenue and Benson Highway on Thursday, February 18, 2021.

The work is scheduled to take place between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., the same day. The traffic signals at the intersections will not be in operation during this work. Officers will direct travel through the intersections until the work is complete.

Councilmember Fimbres and the Ward 5 staff want to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day. Monday, February 15 is President's Day, a federal holiday and the Ward 5 Office, along with most City offices are closed. The Ward 5 Council Office will be open Tuesday, February 16. Thank you.