Plans are moving forward to preserve open space on the Eastside, as the city works to buy land from the Tucson Unified School District.
The property is about 10 acres near Speedway Boulevard and Houghton Road by Ridgeside Drive. It would remain open and undisturbed if approved. The proposal still needs final approval from the mayor and City Council.
At a March 10 meeting, the TUSD Governing Board approved moving forward with the sale. The agenda item read: “Motion to approve the agreement with the City of Tucson for the sale of vacant, surplus property south of the 5th Street alignment, west of Ridgeside Drive, with authorization for the Operations Program Manager to execute the agreement.”
TUSD said the site was determined to be surplus…