Joint Planning Advisory Planning Council
Sun Corridor Megaregion Economic Opportunities
PROPOSED MAG FREIGHT STUDY
AND INTERSTATE 11
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Metropolitan Growth
Phoenix-Mesa, AZ MSA
Tucson, AZ MSA
Las Vegas, NV-AZ MSA
4 500 000
4 500 000
4 500 000
4 000 000
4 000 000
4 000 000
3 500 000
3 500 000
3 500 000
3 000 000
3 000 000
3 000 000
2 500 000
2 500 000
2 500 000
2 000 000
2 000 000
2 000 000
1 500 000
1 500 000
1 500 000
1 000 000
1 000 000
1 000 000
500 000
500 000
500 000
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Bordering States
COG/MPODISCUSSIONS
Tourism and Recreation
ST. GEORGE:
Scottsdale of Utah?
California
Population:
60 M by 2050!
Las
Vegas
Grand Canyon
TOURISM
Bedroom
community
Mexico’s fastest
growing states are in
the north (Sonora,
Chihuahua, and
Nuevo Leon)
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I-17
Extension?
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
People
Businesses
Second homes
Tourists
Commercial
Vehicles
Navajo Nation relates
more to New Mexico
agriculture
Key CONNECTIONS to
Guaymas, Hermosillo,
Punta Colonet
High-tech
industry along
I-25
Eager/ Springerville
provide shopping/
services to Western
New Mexico
maquiladoras
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Arizona
COG/MPODISCUSSIONS

Commercial Trucking
 Distribution throughout
Southwest USA
 Elevation in Central
Arizona (SR-89/SR-69)
 US-95/SR-95 Corridor
 CANAMEX
R e c r e a t i o n
Pearce
Ferry
Growth
Limitations

Natural Resources
Western
CANAMEX?
 Copper in Safford Area
Inmigration
Population
will double
Agrarian 
Industrial
Informal Truck Bypasses

Emerging Industries
 Welton Oil Refinery
 Warehousing

Copper
mining
Incoming
Commerce!
Sun Corridor
Megaregion
 Prescott
 Phoenix
 Tucson

Recreation and Tourism
Warehousing/Distribution Hub
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2002 Ton-Miles of Truck Shipment
Arizona
Colorado
Leaving
10%
Through
25%
Entering
14%
Within
13%
Through
62%
Within
43%
Texas
California
Through
2%
Leaving
13%
Entering
16%
Within
68%
Entering
19%
Local
1%
Local
1%
Local
1%
Leaving
12%
Through
22%
Local
0%
Leaving
14%
Entering
17%
Within
47%
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2006 Tonnage of Trailer-on-Flatcar and Container-on-Flatcar Intermodal Moves
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2035 Major Truck Routes on the National Highway System
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2002 Tonnage on Highways, Railroads and Inland Waterways
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2007 Port Activities
World Ports
U.S.A. Ports
(Thousands offullandempty TEUs)
(Thousands offullandempty TEUs)
30 000
30 000
25 000
25 000
20 000
20 000
15 000
15 000
10 000
10 000
5 000
5 000
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Inland Port Opportunities
Union Pacific
BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway
KINGMAN
I N TERSTATE
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Hassayampa Corridor
PHOENIX
YUMA
TUCSON
PuntaColonet
Union Pacific
Guymas
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Interstate 11
I N TERSTATE
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PuntaColonet
Guymas
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New Interstate Connection
 Missing link in
Interstate System
 About 400,000
population in 1955
 More than 7 Million
population in 2010
 1,650% Growth
US-93, Burro Creek Overcrossing.
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Gaps and Issues
 Boulder City Bypass
 Bridging the Colorado
River at Hoover Dam
 US-93 widening
 Extension into
Phoenix
 Along Grand Avenue?
US-93, South of Hoover Dam.
 Bypass Phoenix?
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US-93/Hoover Dam Bypass
Mike O'Callaghan –Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge
Open for traffic – December 2010
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Hassayampa
Framework
Accepted by the MAG
Regional Council,
February 2008.
Hidden Valley
Framework
Accepted by the MAG
Regional Council,
September 2009.
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Statewide
Framework
Accepted by the State
Transportation Board,
January 2010.
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Interstate 11
Corridor Map
North Extension?
Red Line – Interstate
11 North Corridorreplacing US-93 and
Interstate 515
Blue Line – Interstate
11 South Corridor New Hassayampa
Freeway
Arizona – 344 miles
Nevada – 31 miles
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CAN-DO: The Interstate 11 Coalition
Connecting Arizona and Nevada –Delivery Opportunities

Town of Buckeye, AZ

America Nevada Company
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City of Kingman, AZ
Maricopa County, AZ
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AREA Property Partners
Arizona Builder’s Alliance
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Town of Wickenburg, AZ
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Associated General Contractors Arizona
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Yavapai County, AZ
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Belmont
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Boulder City, NV
City of Las Vegas, NV
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Buckeye Valley Chamber of Commerce
Buckeye Valley Development, Inc.
Regional Transportation Commission of
Southern Nevada
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Douglas Ranch
The Greenspun Company
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JDM Partners
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Langley Properties
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Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority
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NAIOP Southern Nevada Chapter

The Nevada Development Authority
Pulte Homes Corporation
The Sundt Companies
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Swift Transportation, Inc.
Wickenburg Chamber of Commerce
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Freight Framework Study
Proposed for FY2011 Unified Planning Work Program
Tim Strow, Project Manager
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For more information . . .
Maricopa Association of Governments
602 254-6300
Bob Hazlett
bhazlett@mag.maricopa.gov
Tim Strow
tstrow@mag.maricopa.gov
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