Coalition calls for new tax for road, rail, transit April 29th, 2008
State estimates project that by 2015, transportation funding will decline to the point that much of the state will only be able to maintain and preserve existing roadways…
The assessment is at the heart of a new planning document identifying nearly $42.6 billion worth of critical transportation needs. In the 21-page report, the Arizona Department of Transportation says the state is at a transportation-funding crossroads…
The proposed solution is a new 1 cent statewide sales tax over 30 years and more participation by the private sector in transportation projects. The money would pay for roadways, rail projects… [emphasis added - ARPA staff]…
The plan is being pushed by a group of business and economic-development leaders called the TIME coalition… [and] Gov. Janet Napolitano…
Light-rail construction: Is the end finally near? April 29th, 2008
Road and speed restrictions remain along Central Avenue… but Metro light rail officials say that will soon end.A ceremony Tuesday marked the last of the concrete poured and rail installed along the 20-mile line…
The [line] is expected to be complete by the end of the year, with trains running Dec. 27.
Rick Simonetta, CEO of Metro light rail, proudly told the group: “We are on time and we are on budget.”
