After completing the Uptown Roadway improvements, part of the Sedona in Motion projects, traffic has already reduced along 89A from Oak Creek Canyon. | Pixabay
After completing the Uptown Roadway improvements, part of the Sedona in Motion projects, traffic has already reduced along 89A from Oak Creek Canyon. | Pixabay
After completing the Uptown Roadway improvements, part of the Sedona in Motion projects, traffic has already reduced along 89A from Oak Creek Canyon.
The project included an additional southbound lane on 89A, which would help increase traffic out of Oak Creek Canyon, according to a press release from the City of Sedona. It also included a road that connects Oak Creek Canyon to free parking, two roundabouts and a median to decrease jaywalking across 89A.
“The modeling completed as part of our Transportation Master Plan made it clear this project needed to be started first. We’re thrilled to have completed such a project that has this kind of positive impact for the community,” City Engineer and Director of Public Works Andy Dickey said in the press release.
Art is a high value in the community, so the project incorporated decorative steel panels in the roundabouts, which mimic the rock layers in Sedona.
“It would have simplified things to just do the road improvements, but it was important to take extra steps to ensure the project fit with the character of Uptown and our artists community,” Dickey said in the press release.
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