Arizona: Trucks Now Restricted To Right Lane Between Casa Grande and Phoenix

[Mike]

ADOT made the announcement on June 7, calling this a temporary solution until they can get the final 2 lane stretch of that area of interstate widened to 3 lanes. The rule is to attempt to reduce accidents along that stretch of highway.

The plans are already in place to begin the widening, but the actual work won't begin until sometime in 2023, and could be finished by 2026.

One has to wonder if the need is so bad (and it is), why don't they start the work immediately? I guess one also has to wonder why they widened interstate 10 between Tucson and Casa Grande before Phoenix and Casa Grande.... Regardless, the work should be happening immediately, if not sooner.

The President of the Arizona Trucking Association calls the decision to restrict trucks to the right lane during this time "nothing short of stupid". Freight Relocators would tend to agree. Herding trucks into the right lane in the name of safety is anything but safe. ADOT, you made a very stupid decision here.

 

[Hammer166]

Shame they didn't do this sooner... we'd have a real life example to show the weenies @ FMCSA, NHTSA, and NTSB how moronic the speed limiter proposal really is. Although in this day and age, reality has little bearing on what a bureaucrat decides is truth.

 

[Uncle Birchy]

ADOT made the announcement on June 7, calling this a temporary solution until they can get the final 2 lane stretch of that area of interstate widened to 3 lanes. The rule is to attempt to reduce accidents along that stretch of highway.

The plans are already in place to begin the widening, but the actual work won't begin until sometime in 2023, and could be finished by 2026.

One has to wonder if the need is so bad (and it is), why don't they start the work immediately? I guess one also has to wonder why they widened interstate 10 between Tucson and Casa Grande before Phoenix and Casa Grande.... Regardless, the work should be happening immediately, if not sooner.

The President of the Arizona Trucking Association calls the decision to restrict trucks to the right lane during this time "nothing short of stupid". Freight Relocators would tend to agree. Herding trucks into the right lane in the name of safety is anything but safe. ADOT, you made a very stupid decision here.

The Four Lanes was probably "suffient" at one time decades ago...

But Tucson & Phoenix have grown so rapidly they say one day the desert intbeteeen them will be all built up..

And yeah they probably should've did the 8 lanes when they did 1st stretch..

I-10 in the city of Tucson also has original four lane sections that "Desperately" need to be expanded 6/8 lanes too

 

[Uncle Birchy]

Shame they didn't do this sooner... we'd have a real life example to show the weenies @ FMCSA, NHTSA, and NTSB how moronic the speed limiter proposal really is. Although in this day and age, reality has little bearing on what a bureaucrat decides is truth.

Ask California how that's working out..

When I ran California set cruise 63/64 in 55 truck and still had half the trucks passing me.. although most parts of California is Truck "Right Lane" only

Ya California 1/3 to Half Dive exactly 55/58 and the other half gotta be doing 65/70 all day long and in the Left Lane even seen many do that right past a cop still not get pulled over