SAFORD — Pamela Bigler is asking the public to help make US Highway 70 safer.
Bigler and his family will host a Highway Justice event at Firth Park in Safford on Saturday 17th June from 10am to 2pm.
“This is to raise awareness in the community and to call people to deliver petitions to local and state representatives,” Bigler said. “We’re changing Highway 70 from here to Grove. My ultimate goal is a disconnected highway.”
She also said she wants more law enforcement on the roads, better safety drawers and curbsides, and more checkpoints for drunk driving.
Bigler and his parents, David Krontz, were killed in April last year when two vehicles on Highway 70 collided at Milepost 274 in the San Carlos Apache Reservation. Sharon Krontz has lost her adult son, David Ostberg. The driver of the other vehicle also died in the accident.
The incident is being investigated by the San Carlos Apache Police Department, but the findings of the accident have not yet been made public. The only communication, released on April 15 on the ministry’s Facebook page, said the eastbound and westbound lanes of Highway 70 had been closed for an extended period of time due to a “serious accident.” warned the driver.
Bigler will also meet with the Graham County Board of Supervisors at the Board of Supervisors regular meeting at the Graham County General Service Building on Monday, June 19, at 8:00 a.m. to seek the Board’s support for her efforts. said there is.
Highways 70 and 191 are state highways, and road improvements and modifications are under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Department of Transportation.
ADOT’s interim five-year construction plan for 2024-28 includes four projects in Graham County.
● $18.2 million to improve US Highway 70 from Lee Lane to Eighth Avenue.Design in 2024, construction in 2026
● $226,000 for signal upgrades on US Highway 70;location was not specified
● $161,000 to upgrade signal cabinets on Highways 70 and 191;
● Designed in 2024, built in 2026 to build two $4.5 million express lanes between mileposts 133 and 136 on U.S. Highway 191
