The Loop 101 Price Freeway will experience closures during the next two weekends as the Arizona Department of Transportation sets up construction zones to build HOV lanes. Northbound Loop 101 will be closed 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday from Baseline Road to Rio Salady Parkway. That segment of southbound Loop 101 wil be closed during the same timeframe the next weekend, Aug. 8 -11. In addition, the northbound ramps from the U.S. 60 Superstition Freeway will be closed this weekend, and the southbound ramps from the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway, will be closed the weekend of Aug. 8 - 11. Crews need to install barricades and restripe the freeway to allow traffic to flow during the construction.
ADOT encourages drivers to avoid the area if possible, but drivers can also choose to exit the freeway at the closures and take a detour to get back on. Construction on the first phase of the project will begin Friday along the median of Loop 101 between the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway and Baseline Road. The second phase will begin next year, building HOV lanes from Baseline Road to the Loop 202 Santan Freeway. The HOV lanes will be able to be used for vehicles with two or more occupants, qualified hybrid vehicles and expanded express bus services. The project is funded by a county-wide sales tax program that is funding regional transportation improvements.
For traffic updates across Arizona, call 5-1-1 or visit ADOT’s Travel Information Site at www.az511.gov. More information on the Regional Transportation Plan is available at www.azdot.gov/ValleyFreeways.
IT MAKES NO SENCE TO PUT IN HOV LANES SINCE TAX PAYERS PAID FOR IT AND ALL SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE ALL OF THE ROAD WAY WE PAID FOR AND A FEW GET THEIR OWN LANE HOW DUMB AS A TAX PAYER I AND TICKED . I THOUGHT THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING MORE LANES WAS TO RELIEVE CONGESTION AT RUSH HOUR AND NOW YOU WANT TO CUT THE ROAD WAY DOWN DOES NOT MAKE SENCE.