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 […]
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 […]
ADOT to Host Small & DBE Transportation Expo
Source: Arizona Department of Transportation The Arizona Department of Transportation and partner agencies will hold an event Thursday, March 12, highlighting project opportunities to owners of small businesses and companies qualifying for the agency’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. The 2020 DBE & Small Business Transportation Expo, scheduled for 7 a.m. to noon at Glendale […]
Phx Voters Support Light Rail, Defeat Prop. 105
Source: Valley Metro Voters in Phoenix defeated an initiative that would have ended all light rail construction, prohibited future rail investment and returned billions in federal dollars previously pledged to expand the regional transit system. Last night’s vote marks the fourth time since 2000 that Phoenix voters have publicly supported light rail through the election […]
2019 Private Development Summit Highlights
By Tasha Anderson for AZBEX The first week of May has come and gone, which in BEX’s world means another successful Private Development Summit has passed. More than 200 attendees gathered at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Tempe on Tuesday, May 7th, for an afternoon of looking into the current and future state of the […]
Light Rail Anniversary Casts Light on Area Growth
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Despite ongoing challenges and concerns in various parts of the Valley, the economic growth generated as a byproduct of the Light Rail’s introductions and various expansions have proven impossible to deny. Valley Metro last week released, “Building Communities and Enhancing Lives: A Quality of Life Report,” detailing the […]
Valley Transportation Planners ‘Imagine’ Another Sales Tax Extension
By Adrienne St. Clair for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Transportation planners for Maricopa County are getting an early start on plans to extend Prop. 400 – a 0.5 percent sales tax increase approved back in 2005. Not only did they unveil their new “Imagine” proposition at the December APA/ASLA Networking Event Wednesday, Dec. 5, but they […]
Approved CIPs Show Sustained Growth in Sector
By Rebekah Morris for Arizona Builder’s Exchange The final tally is coming in for this year’s budget season, namely, the Capital Improvement Plans for major municipalities. The next five years appear rosy for publicly funded infrastructure and public works projects, a boost of 7.28 percent in the five-year totals from last year. That is notable […]
Senior Dev Planned Near Future Light Rail Line
By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Even though the South Central Light Rail Extension is still in the design phase and won’t be in operation until 2023, at least one developer is planning ahead and creating an 80-unit, three-story senior living complex that will lie directly between two planned stops along the route. In […]
Top Capital Programs in Arizona
By Rebekah Morris for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Show me the Money! If looking for opportunities in the Public Works sector, an obvious route is to “follow the money.” Thankfully, public agencies like the State, Counties, Cities & Towns all create an internal planning document, the 5-year (or, sometimes, 10-year) Capital Improvement Plan. The document is […]