Transportation Board Picks Projects This Friday

The State Transportation Board is expected to decide on Friday which of the more than 100 statewide ready-to-go highway projects will move forward for federal funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Board will hold its reguilar monthly meeting at 10:am on Friday (March 13) in the Arizona Department of Transportation Auditorium in Phoenix. Local officials and community members will have an opportunity to address the board during the meeting. Contracts expected to be awarded at the meeting include the repaving of State Route 188 in Gila County near State Route 87.