The Gila County Board of Supervisors has approved a $21.1M Arizona Department of Transportation grant to build the Tonto Creek Bridge. The Board also approved a general fund transfer of $1M and a $1.8M transfer from the Transportation Excise Tax Fund to pay the county’s grant match to ADOT.
ADOT will issue a bid request for the project in February, with bid returns expected in March and an award made in April or May.
Construction is expected to take 18-24 months and begin somewhere between August and October of this year. A cell tower and some APS wires must be relocated before construction can begin.
If the bids received exceed the allocated $23.9M, Gila County will cover the difference. (Source)
