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Santa Rosa Bridge to get underway

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Last modified: June 4, 2008

Press Release from
The City Of Maricopa
June 3, 2008

Maricopa, Ariz. (June 3, 2008) - At tonight’s City Council meeting, held at 7:00 p.m. at Global Water Center, the Council voted unanimously to award a contract to DBA Construction in the amount of $2,444,489.80 to construct a bridge over the Santa Rosa Wash on Honeycutt Road.

The bridge will be four lanes wide, include pedestrian sidewalks and is ADA compliant. Construction on the bridge is expected to begin in early July with an estimated completion date in January 2009.

“It is anticipated that Honeycutt Road will remain open during bridge development,” stated Development Services Director Brent Billingsley. “The only exception would be a short closure for the construction of the temporary bypass road.”

This will be the City’s first major construction project. The bridge was originally stipulated to the Tortosa development, but in order to ensure citizen safety and move the completion date forward the City took over the project.

Funding is $1 million from transportation DIF, $750,000 from Pinal County half-cent road tax and the remaining $750,000 is from the general fund capital reserve.