It was a packed house at the Cliff Castle Casino Hotel on May 20 as residents and local officials gathered for a presentation from the Arizona Department of Transportation about the planned widening of State Route 260 between Camp Verde and Cottonwood.
Many people were concerned over the plan to build seven roundabouts along the highway but ADOT officials stuck by the plan, citing safety.
The construction plan calls for expanding the highway to four lanes between Thousand Trails Road and Interstate 17.
“It’s a very exciting project for all of us,” said Alvin Stump, project manager and ADOT Prescott District engineer. “It’s been a long time coming.”
Stump explained that previous efforts to expand the busy traffic corridor didn’t work out.
An effort was made 10 years ago to see a four-lane highway between Cottonwood and Camp Verde, a heavily traveled road.
To read the full story, see the Wednesday, May 27, edition of The Camp Verde Journal.
