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32 | CANYON CORRIDOR CONNECTION 2016
Light Rail Coming to the Canyon Corridor
Canyon Corridor Light Rail Progress
If you have traveled on 19th Ave. between Bethany Home Rd. and
Dunlap Ave. recently, you’ll have noticed that construction for that segment
of the Light Rail extension has been completed and is now operational.
With the recent opening of light rail to downtown Mesa this means you
can travel hands-free in comfort along approximately 26 miles between
Dunlap and 19th Ave. and downtown Mesa and all points between with
access to 100s of restaurants, 1,000s of businesses,
many education institutions, retail stores, service
businesses, entertainment venues, sports venues,
places of employment and much that are too
numerous to list here.
The
Canyon Corridor
area (see map pg.
33
)
spanning from Indian School Rd., north to
Peoria Ave. and from 43
rd
Ave. to I-17 on the
current eastern boundary, includes part of the
current planning phase of Light Rail location—
to determine the final routes and
station locations to extend the
current rail route to downtown
Glendale.
Goals, Benefits and Costs
The goal of high capacity
transportation expansion is to spur
development that complements
neighborhoods; e.g. empty lots becoming small businesses that serve our
neighborhoods.
The subsequent positive economic impact of the first 20 miles of Light
Rail has exceeded expectations with $8.2 billion in development along
Light Rail. At a cost $1.4 billion in development and build-out, this is about
an 8 to 1 return on the original 20 mile cost which is about 5 times the
national average.
Albert Santana, Assistant to the Phoenix City Manager expressed
appreciation of the voter support for “Phoenix Transportation 2050”
(Proposition 104):
“That support enables another 42 miles of Light
Rail and Streetcar and adds 75 newmiles of bus
rapid transit in the Phoenix area. The Phoenix
Transportation 2050 program also gives us the
advantage to leverage federal funding for the next
50 years.
“We now know with the passage of Prop 104
that we can provide connections along the route
through the Canyon Corridor (CC) for Alhambra
High School, neighborhoods, businesses and
Grand Canyon University.”
Communi t y Highl ights
By Jak Keyser
Schedule of Future Project Activities
Schedule of Future Project Activities
Schedule of Future Project Activities
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Schedule of Future Project Activities
Schedule of Future Project Activities
The goal of high capacity
transportation expansion is to spur
development that complements
neighborhoods; e.g. empty lots
becoming small businesses that
serve our neighborhoods.
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IndianSchoolRd.
GrandAve.
I-17
I-17
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35thAve.
43rdAve.
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