Traveling to Sun City, Grand and West-What’s Going on with Road Construction?

It’s been a great summer and things are winding down again. It’s that fall shoulder season and temperatures are cooler and it’s time to plan a head for the holidays. Well, if you’re traveling, it’s definitely time to plan ahead.

If you plan on utilizing I-10, I-17 or any of the Loops to come back to Sun City, Sun City West or Sun City Grand, check out the major improvements underway to our freeways etc… It might even be a good idea to avoid some of these areas, if you know your way around them well enough. At least it’s a good idea to know what to expect and how that might affect your travel time and route.

We travel quite frequently in our motor home so we check on what improvements are going on. We were unfortunate about 6 years ago to be going through an area that was being paved or tarred. Let’s just say it took us quite awhile to get the tar off of the motor home and our tow vehicle.

Happy and safe travels as you make your way back south for the holidays and winter months. Oh, try to avoid getting stuck in rush hour traffic on your way back into town. We’ll be here waiting for you.

-Arizona Department of Transportation Main Website

This page gives you so many choices including vehicle and driver services. I like this website because I can access the closures and restrictions or see what projects are up and coming. http://www.azdot.gov/

-AZ Travel Conditions

On this page you can see roadway conditions and live camera images. You may also call the 511 phone based traveler information system from your cell phone. Or call direct to the system by dialing 602.523.0244 or toll-free by dialing 888.411.ROAD (7623). http://www.az511.gov/home.php

-Loop 303 North of I-10

This is going to be such a positive improvement . It will be nice to have a better connection from I-10 in the west valley. For more information on planned improvements and construction click the links below.

-City of Surprise: http://www.surpriseaz.com/index.aspx?NID=99

-Arizona Department of Transportation: http://www.azdot.gov/Highways/Valley_Freeways/Loop_303/North/index.asp

-Grand Avenue-US 60

Grand Avenue or US 60 connects several cities in Maricopa County and is a link connecting Phoenix with Las Vegas. Let’s just say, it’s a busy roadway. For more information on planned improvements and construction click the link below.

-Arizona Department of Transportation: http://www.azdot.gov/Highways/Valley_Freeways/US60/Grand_Avenue/index.asp