Funding from the RAISE Grant will improve safety and efficiency by building a new partial transit interchange on US 93 between Phoenix and Las Vegas.

Washington – Arizona Senior Senator Kirsten Cinema sent a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in support of Mojave County’s Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant application.

If permitted, the county will use the funds to construct a new partial transit interchange at the Pierce Ferry Road intersection on US 93, which currently serves 16,570 vehicles per day, connecting Phoenix, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada. will be constructed. Improve efficiency for Arizonas who live and commute in this area.

“We urge the Department of Transportation to give full and fair consideration to Mojave County’s well-deserved RAISE grant proposals that will create jobs, streamline congested and often dangerous traffic zones, and improve public safety. I do,” Cinema said.

Tens of thousands of visitors each year use US 93 intersection on Pierce Ferry Road, which connects the Grand Canyon and Lake Mead National Recreation Area, to support the tourism industry in Mojave County and the Hualapai Tribe. The current increase in serious intersection crashes equates to a staggering 30 fatal intersection crashes per 100 million vehicles entering, a fatal crash rate 19 times the Arizona average. To do.

The RAISE award will expedite rural highway projects in areas of persistent poverty through a 27-month process that completes transportation interchange analysis, environmental clearance, land acquisition, final design and construction.

The project has received support from both the Hualapai Tribal Council and the Arizona Department of Transportation.

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