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Westside cities agree on I-10 funding
PHOENIX (AP) — Goodyear, Avondale and Litchfield Park have agreed to a compromise that could speed up I-10 construction in an area gripped by gridlock.
The cites got extra money Thursday from the Maricopa Association of Governments. The three cities now are promised $7 million of the $10 million they need for I-10 construction to start this year, instead of 2011. That’s $1 million more than MAG promised them last month.
The extra cash could prevent delays in widening the freeway to five lanes in each direction between Loop 101 and Sarival Avenue.
Commuters face daily gridlock on a portion of that two-lane stretch.
Avondale Mayor Marie Lopez Rogers said the $7 million is “the best option we can hope for. We just need to get this done at this point.”
The association vote Thursday was 24-1. Mayor Bob Barrett of Peoria was the sole dissenter, saying that giving less than the full $10 million was unfair.
State lawmakers this year set aside $10 million to reimburse the cities. But MAG, which distributed the funds, decided the cities should pay some costs, too.
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