Timelines

Planning for the Grant Road improvements began in late 2006 and will continue through 2010 with extensive citizen participation. A Citizen Task Force is responsible for developing visions and guiding principles for the plan as well as overseeing the development, evaluation, and selection of concept alternatives that will be transformed into planning documents and preliminary designs. The alignment for Grant Road from Oracle to Swan was approved by the Tucson Mayor and Council in January 2009 after more than two years of public input and 18 months of work by the Citizen Task Force . The reconstruction phasing of Grant Road has been divided into six segment projects. The reconstruction of these projects will begin earlier than anticipated – in 2011 at the Grant –Oracle intersection – and will continue spanning the RTA's second, third and fourth funding periods (2013-2026).

The Grant Road Improvement Plan is entering its next phase which will refine the future vision for Grant Road. This phase will develop implementation strategies with input from the public to help achieve the community’s desired vision for the roadway. This plan will be based on the guiding principles for Grant Road. These efforts will result in the introduction of a Land Use and Urban Design Plan for Grant Road, an Optional Urban Overlay zoning district and Business Retention, Assistance and Maintenance Program (RAMP). There will be extensive public input opportunities during this phase of planning and the public will be notified of them. When its prepared, a Draft Community Character & Vitality Plan will be available for public comment prior to being submitted to the City of Tucson Planning Commission and Mayor and Council for consideration.