Peoria Eyes Significant Transportation Funding Source

By Philip Haldiman for Independent Newsmedia  A significant funding source that has generated about $4.3B in tax revenues since 2006 for transportation in Peoria and throughout Maricopa County expires in 2025, so city officials are planning to ensure they get a piece of the pie if funding is renewed.  Proposition 400, approved by 58 percent of Maricopa County voters […]

PHX Receives $24M for PSHIA Northside Rail

Source: AZ Big Media Arizona senior Sen. Kyrsten Sinema helped secure $24M from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the City of Phoenix to advance the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Northside Rail Expansion. “The trenching of the Union Pacific railroad track on the north side of the airport is essential to our Airport Development Plan […]

Are Tolls the Only Option for Infra. Funding?

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange If we don’t build it – and maintain it, and repair it – they won’t come, and we can’t go. But we can’t build, maintain or repair it if we don’t fund it. If you will forgive a litany of mixed metaphors, this is not a chicken and […]