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by Mark B. Evans on Jul.03, 2009, under Life, Politics

I-10 eastbound Speedway off ramp open

Driving to work today I saw that the Speedway off ramp on eastbound Interstate 10 was open. I didn’t notice if the Grant Road off ramp was open also.

I have a call  in to the on-call ADOT media relations person (today’s a holiday for state workers) to see if this is just for the July 4th celebration downtown this weekend or if it’s permanent. I’ll update the post if I hear from him or her.

If permanent, this would be the first off ramp opened since all off and on ramps were closed in June 2007 between Prince Road and 29th Street. Earlier this year, ADOT opened westbound I-10 on ramps at Grant Road and Miracle Mile.

Our long transportation nightmare is slowing coming to an end.

UPDATE: Heard from the ADOT spokeswoman.  The of ramp was opened Thursday morning and is permanent. Other on and off ramps will open in the coming weeks as the improvements are completed.

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2 Comments for this entry

  • Justice
    July 3rd, 2009 on 11:57 am

    July 3rd- So where’s the “robust” online Citizen that Gannett promised the judge? Surely it’s not just this hodgepodge of blogs?

    Mark, you said the new site was coming July 1st.
    You also said that you wanted to hire a sports reporter.
    Since we haven’t seen an update from you, what, if anything, is going on?

  • Mark B. Evans
    July 3rd, 2009 on 12:17 pm

    I’ll post an update blog later today, I’m in training most of the day with bloggers.
    The updated version of the site goes live at 6 a.m. Monday, barring any glitches.
    Robust is in the eye of the beholder. We’re just getting started. The number of bloggers should double by the end of the summer. However, for a few ex-Citizen staffers bitter about what happened, robust may be a goal never achieved in their eyes.

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