Voter-approved highway upgrades in the Arizona Valley are now getting panel-rejected.
The Regional Council of the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) voted to cut almost $7 billion from a $16 billion freeway improvement corridor that was part of Proposition 400. The countywide measure created a half-percent sales tax that received the blessing from voters in 2004.
A declining tax revenue forced MAG to scale back. Highlights of the chopping/slicing block are as follows:
• Defer widening 76 miles of existing freeways all over the Valley;