![]() Within the freeway, the route will move from the median to the north side at approximately 47th Avenue to help create additional development. Light rail as a fixed investment and the route design will provide opportunities for economic development and community revitalization. “Light rail is key to our city’s new economic future it creates jobs, further connects our community with sustainable transportation options and creates a multitude of new business development opportunities. “Today’s approval is another critical step toward delivering a comprehensive transit system that our city and our region deserve,” Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton said. Throughout the years, the project team has conducted significant technical analysis, partnered with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and integrated public input to define the route and mode. ![]() In 2007, METRO and the City of Phoenix initiated the Phoenix West Alternatives Analysis study to identify potential high capacity transit improvements for the West Valley. ![]() “It will help ease congestion on the busy Interstate 10 freeway and provide swift connectivity to jobs, schools, activity centers and entertainment options across the Valley.” “This project is an opportunity to extend the multi-modal Total Transit Network to the West Valley,” said Valley Metro CEO Steve Banta. This is METRO’s first freeway corridor project, providing the growing West Valley with a higher-capacity and more efficient transit option by 2023. Light rail will be extended 11 miles from downtown Phoenix, through the State Capitol area, to approximately 79th Avenue and the I-10 West freeway. METRO received regional approval today from the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) on the route and transit mode for the Phoenix West extension. Eleven-mile Phoenix West extension to be added to regional transit map
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