# Highways
Grace Lieberman
Ground breaks on a new corridor to Casa Grande as Maricopa continues expanding
Maricopa’s population and development has been booming and now the city is getting an east-west transportation corridor. This week, city council officials said in a press release that ground had broken on the Sonoran Desert Parkway project, which was originally announced three years ago.
Maricopa, AZ14 days ago
Karen Madej
Opinion: Wildlife crossings save endangered lives and reduce the cost of vehicle collisions on US highways
US Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Work starts this month on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. Last year, the Annenberg Foundation sponsored the largest spanning overpass of its kind - 210 feet over ten lanes of the 101 Freeway at Liberty Canyon to the tune of $25 million donated to the National Wildlife Federation's #SaveLACougars campaign.
2022-01-06
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Grace LiebermanGrace Lieberman is a business, science and technology reporter based in Phoenix, AZ
Kaleah McilwainJournalist with a background reporting on local communities, now living in and reporting on the Baltimore area. Find me on twitter!
Karen MadejPassionate about climate change and living a debt-free, sustainable life. Determined to learn how to and build an adobe house or Earthship. The goal is to live off-grid and off the land. Energy for heat and to power electrical devices and appliances will use solar, wind, and hydro-powered electricity. No trees will die to make my home.