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The Mayor and City Council shall hear a presentation on the History and Development of the East West Corridor Study, presented by Berwyn Wilbrink, Jacobs Engineering, consultant for the project.
AGENDA ITEM DESCRIPTION
The East West Corridor Study is a project partnership comprised of Pinal County, Casa Grande and Maricopa. The impetus for this study was the RSRSM Study of 2008 (Regionally Significant Routes for Safety and Mobility) which had the objective of identifying critical roadway corridors in the region and the right of way necessary for those corridors. During the course of the RSRSM Study, the need surfaced for a high capacity east-west roadway across central Pinal County. It was identified as a Regionally Significant Route (RSR) and included on the RSRSM Study Final Report MAP.
The East West Corridor Study builds upon the findings from the RSRSM Study. The East West Corridor Study began the process in September 2011 with Public Scoping Meetings, during which time information was gathered on agency and public expectations for the corridor. In December 2011, Corridor Development began, using input from agencies and the public. Over the next 15 months, alternative corridors were developed and further refined, using and validating agency and public/stakeholder input in multiple meetings. In the spring of 2013, the project team began work on developing the Maricopa-specific alternative refinements. Between then and now, the project team has conducted ten Maricopa-specific alternative refinement meetings. Participation in these meetings includes: Maricopa City Council, Pinal Partnership, Maricopa staff, Ak-Chin Indian Community, and the Maricopa Transportation Advisory Committee. Of the ten meetings held during this Maricopa-specific process, five were public meetings.
During the study, the project team considered and analyzed multiple documented alternative alignments. The original alternatives were eventually reduced to the proposed sp...
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