For Star subscribers: Environmental groups sued to block controversial new freeway proposed from Nogales to Wickenburg, but Arizona tells the judge the highway is needed for economic development and traffic flows.
Howard Fischer Federal and state officials are asking a judge to toss a lawsuit seeking to stop development of the proposed 280-mile Interstate 11 project from Nogales to Wickenburg.
People are also reading… The agency is telling Hinderaker the case is premature. At this point, its attorneys said, no decisions have been made on what route to choose through Pima County — or even whether the project will ever go forward. They're calling I-11"a largely unfunded freeway construction project.''
A Record of Decision committed the Federal Highway Administration"to development of the I-11 corridor over the 'no build' alternative, selected the vast majority of its route, and narrowed the potential routes through Pima County to either the 'West' or 'East Option','' she said in her legal filings.
By contrast, she said, co-locating I-11 with Interstates 10 and 19"would not create the massive impacts to wildlife that the West Option would.'' However, there would need to be new and upgraded wildlife crossings, Park said.Park said a stretch between Casa Grande and Buckeye also would affect recreation areas as well as habitats for various endangered species. She said there also would be environmental effects from the final stretch from Buckeye to Wickenburg.
There are many tourist destinations within the corridor, including parks, outdoor recreation areas and cultural destinations, he said. That corridor includes two options in Pima County, one essentially co-locating the road with I-19 and I-10, and the other an entirely new highway going around the San Xavier reservation and Saguaro National Park through Avra Valley into Pinal County. Halikowski said ADOT will prepare a"Tier 2 Environmental Impact Statement'' to evaluate specific alignments.
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