Preliminary CIP Totals Show 6 Percent Increase

By Rebekah Morris for AZBEX  The top 10 Capital Improvement Programs (CIP) in Arizona total $22.5B, a 6.01 percent year-over-year increase over last year’s tally. BEX evaluates the internal planning documents produced within more than 30 municipalities each year, identifying funding levels and future trends in public spending for infrastructure and public spaces. This is the fifth consecutive year of increased budget levels for capital […]

Cost Estimates Up on Tempe Streetcar

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange With design drawings having reached the 60 percent completion point in October, construction cost estimates for the Tempe Streetcar project have gone up, according to a memo from the Public Works Department to the City Council in advance of a planned Dec. 7 update presentation. In its report […]

Mesa Ponders Transit Options

By Gary Nelson for East Valley Tribune The East Valley’s growing network of trains and trolleys could grow even more thanks to recent action by the Mesa City Council. During this spring’s round of budget discussions, the council agreed to spend $1.2M to study two possible transit projects: Extending the Tempe streetcar line into the […]

Tempe Seeks Buried Lines for Trolley Route

By Peter Cheng for East Valley Tribune Tempe officials are proposing to bury trolley wires at several points along the streetcar line. The council wants to bury lines on Mill Avenue between University Drive and Rio Salado Parkway, including the two “gateway” intersections. The streetcars would be equipped with batteries to power them along those […]