Construction causes lane closures and traffic backups on Arizona highways, Maricopa County AZ
Road ClosureConstruction on I-17, 303, and I-10 highways in Arizona is causing lane closures, new ramps, and intersection work. Traffic backups occur daily, especially from the 303 onto westbound I-10. Multiple semi-truck accidents happened near the 85 and I-10 interchange, increasing congestion and emergency activity near Verado.
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From I-17 to Lake Pleasant Road, adding two lanes and intersection at 67th Avenue for that new construction they're putting in for the packaging plan.
00:13
Doubled with the yet to start over.
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Sorry about that.
00:17
Yes, anyway, I was saying the 303, they've got a seven-year construction plan.
00:23
They're adding elevated off-ramp for the 303 on 303 I-17 northbound of the 303.
00:35
and the same, another ramp with an on-ramp for southbound off the 303.
00:41
But they're adding two lanes from I-17 over to Lake Pleasant Road and a new intersection at 67th Avenue for some residential or packaging plant.
00:58
I forget what it was.
00:59
Well, that'll mess up the 303 for a couple of years.
01:02
It's supposed to be working on that, the one down here on Broadway, with the 303-2 getting that started.
01:08
That'll be good.
01:09
They're talking about building the west end first.
01:13
Hey, did you notice the backup on traffic now going south from the 303 onto the westbound I-10 every day it backs up now?
01:26
Yeah, that varado is a mess out there.
01:29
They've got construction going on again.
01:31
I don't know, you know, I thought all that was done.
01:34
My son came in, I don't know, for the holiday weekend.
01:38
And, no, it was a weekend before, sorry about that.
01:41
Anyway, he was coming off of 85 to 10, and there were three semi-accidents there on the 10 where it backs up, just past the 85.
01:54
Yeah, that's been a mess.
01:56
There's a lot of accidents at Verado.
01:58
I hear dispatched a lot of units to traffic accidents or crashes at Verado, and there must be a lot of stupid people right there.
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I-17, Arizona
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