The Arizona Department of Transportation introduced its plans to improve a critical stretch of roadway leading to and from Maricopa.
MARICOPA, Ariz. — People who live in Maricopa are asking the Arizona Department of Transportation to improve State Route 347, and the agency is now in the beginning stages of a project to address their concerns.
Dozens of Maricopa residents attended a meeting Thursday night at the Maricopa Library and Cultural Center where ADOT revealed its plans for SR 347.
“I want to see what’s going on with this death trap,” Mona Politte, a Maricopa resident, said. “It’s scary. I don’t even want to go on it. I don’t want to drive on it.”
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Maricopa is essentially landlocked with SR 347 serving as the primary road connecting the city with Interstate 10.
“I commute on it three days a week,” …