MARANA, Ariz. (KGUN) — TheArizona Department of Transportation and the Town of Marana are working together on a new project meant to reconstruct Dove Mountain Boulevard at the Moore Road intersection in Marana.
The project is meant to improve roadway safety at the intersection which currently has a four-way stop.
Town of Marana Capital Improvement Projects Manager Tom Houle said, “It’s a dangerous intersection. People get in a hurry, they’re not paying attention, they’re looking at their phone.”
Houle says they have about $790,000 for the project – all coming from federal funds through the Highway Safety Improvement Program grant.
The project will include the installation of traffic signals, removing existing light poles and signage, restriping the intersection and constructing new sidewalk ramps.
Diahn Swartz, who is a project manager with the Town of Marana says the project will go to bid in about mid-August. Work on the project will follow.
“It will begin in the fall. There will be some procurement of poles and mast arms that may take several months to acquire.”
Houle says lane closures are expected for a couple different parts of the project, which he says will be for about a day.
“The only traffic interruptions are when you’re pouring foundations, gotta have the room for the concrete truck. It’ll be a one lane closure and then when you’re standing the poles,” Houle said.
As of right now, completion of the project is expected in the spring of 2025.
