Pima County officials have proposed an I-11 route that would run west of Tucson, through Avra Valley.Editor's note: This story has been updated with corrected information from the Arizona Department of Transportation. Read the update here.
The Arizona State Transportation Board has approved $15 million to go toward the next step in making the Interstate 11 Corridor a reality.
Now, the Arizona Department of Transportation will spend the next three years preparing an Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed highway, which would connect Nogales to Las Vegas, NV.
While several options are still on the table for I-11, there is a leading contender for the portion that would travel through southern Arizona.
“What we’re looking at is an area that would likely, and I stress the word likely, follow perhaps I-10 through I-19 to Nogales,” said ADOT’s Laura Douglas.
While not entirely ruled out, Douglas said the option to build a new stretch of interstate through the Avra Valley area is not a strong contender.
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