There are no freeways running through Midtown Tucson, making Grant Road one of the most essential arteries in the city.
But the project to widen it — funded by the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) and known as the Grant Road Improvement Project, now in Phases Three and Four — is coming with some growing pains.
PREVIOUS COVERAGE
- Grant Road Improvement Project moves into Phases 3 and 4
- Full steam ahead — Grant Road Improvement Project construction to begin this month
Construction has started at the intersection of Grant and Alvernon Way , where construction equipment and traffic slowdowns will become the norm in the coming weeks and months.
Adding to the commotion: a separate construction crew is working on tearing up and then repaving the parking lot in front of the Walmart Neighborhood Market.
The city’s Department of Transportation & Mobility (DTM) says when the work is done, that section of Grant will be six lanes wide (three in each direction) with landscaped medians and buffered bike lanes, among other improvements.