If you commute to and from the southwest Valley, the Phoenix area’s next major freeway should make your drive a bit easier, though it’ll be a while before it’s a reality.
The big picture: The West Valley is in the midst of a massive population boom and has some of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S.
- State Route 30 will be the Valley’s next new freeway.
- The Tres Rios Freeway, as SR 30 will also be known, will eventually run 29 miles south of Interstate 10, from the Durango Curve on Interstate 17 south of downtown Phoenix to State Route 85 in Buckeye.
- It aims to serve as a reliever for I-10.
Why it matters: Rush-hour traffic on I-10 west of downtown Phoenix is often a bumper-to-bumper mess, which makes commuting a daunting prospect.
- That segment of I-10 is the most congested freeway in the region, critical for both commuters and commerce between the Valley and California, said John Bullen, assistant executive director for the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG).
Zoom in: SR 30 will have three segments:…