TDOT News

The first set of roadway improvement projects associated with the voter-approved Proposition 101 Tucson Delivers Better Streets Program are set to begin Monday, February 11, 2019.

The first phase of the project will include reconstructing and repaving Starr Pass Boulevard from Lost Starr Drive to the Mission Road bridge interchange and La Cholla Boulevard from Starr Pass Boulevard to Ajo Way. 

The City of Tucson Department of Transportation and its contractor, KE&G Construction, have scheduled new water line connection tie-ins on Broadway between Houghton Road and Harrison Road. During this work, various side street access to and from Broadway will not be allowed.
 

For the eighth consecutive year, the City of Tucson is providing a free shuttle service for visitors to the Tucson Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Showcase.  The GemRide shuttle system connects to 43 shows from 36 stops on four inter-connected routes.  Returning this year is the Downtown Gem Loop, which connects convenient parking in the Downtown area with 17 shows stretching from south of 22nd Street and Interstate 10 to the Tucson Convention Center (TCC) and then to shows near the Tucson Metro Chamber at 465 W. St.

On Sunday, January 20, 2019, The Women’s March will happen downtown. Road closures will be in place for this event, listed below. Please note that pedestrian and bicycle access is being maintained in and around road closures. Businesses, parking garages and parking lots are open and accessible. 

Beginning at 10 a.m. until approximately 4 p.m., the following roads will be closed to vehicular traffic:

Between 10 am and 4 pm, closures will be as follows –

Vice-Mayor Richard Fimbres and the City of Tucson Department of Transportation (TDOT) will unveil a new pedestrian crossing on Bilby Road, just west of Campbell Avenue at Sunnyside High School on Tuesday, January 15, 2019. The ribbon-cutting event will take place at 11 a.m. at the new crosswalk on Bilby Road next to Sunnyside High School. 

The new safety device is a pedestrian activated Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon intended to increase the visibility of uncontrolled marked crosswalks. 

On Monday, January 7, 2019, Southern Arizona Paving and Construction, under contract with the City of Tucson Department of Transportation, will begin work to improve the at-grade storm grates on Ajo Way just east of Sixth Avenue. Work will take place Monday through Thursday, from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The project is scheduled to be complete in mid-February. At least one lane of traffic in each direction will be open during this work.  Message boards are in place to notify the traveling public of the upcoming restrictions. 

Base paving operations on west side of Kolb Road north and south of Valencia Road are ongoing and scheduled to be complete on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. Following the paving work, crews from KE&G Construction, under contract with the City of Tucson Department of Transportation (TDOT), will begin relocating the traffic signals at the Kolb Road and Valencia Road intersection in advance of shifting traffic from the east side of Kolb Road to the west side of Kolb Road.