appropriation; ADOT; roundabout; SR 89A

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details on how ADOT will distribute funds to the city or what improvements and construction will occur beyond roundabouts.

Money for Roundabouts in Arizona

This bill gives $5,016,000 to ADOT from the state's general fund to distribute to Sedona for building roundabouts at a busy intersection near Sedona.

What This Bill Does

• Appropriates $5,016,000 from the state General Fund (GF) in fiscal year 2027 to ADOT to distribute to the City of Sedona for roundabout construction and improvements at the intersection of State Route 89A, Forest Road, and Ranger Road.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who live or work in Sedona
• Drivers using State Route 89A near Sedona

Terms To Know

Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)

The state agency that manages roads, highways, and transportation systems.

Roundabout

A type of road intersection where traffic flows around a central island in a circular pattern.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify how the money will be spent exactly.
• Does not explain what improvements or construction will happen beyond roundabouts.

Official Summary Text

HB2609 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB
2609
: appropriation; ADOT; roundabout; SR 89A

Sponsor:
Representative Blackman, LD 7

Committee
on Transportation & Infrastructure

Overview

Appropriates
$5,016,000 from the state General Fund (GF) to the Arizona Department of
Transportation (ADOT) to distribute to the City of Sedona for roundabout
construction and improvements at the intersection of State Route 89A, Forest
Road and Ranger Road.

History

Laws 1973, Chapter 146
established ADOT to provide for
an integrated and balanced state transportation system with a director
responsible for the Department's administration (
A.R.S. � 28-331
). ADOT has exclusive control
and jurisdiction over state highways, state routes, state-owned airports and
all state-owned transportation systems or modes.

The duties of ADOT
are as follows: 1) register motor vehicles and aircraft, license drivers,
collect revenues, enforce motor vehicle and aviation statutes and perform
related functions; 2) do multimodal state transportation planning, cooperate
and coordinate transportation planning with local governments and establish an
annually updated priority program of capital improvements for all
transportation modes; 3) design and construct transportation facilities in
accordance with a priority plan and maintain and operate state highways, state
owned airports and state public transportation systems; 4) investigate new
transportation systems and cooperate with and advise local governments
concerning the development and operation of public transit systems; 5) have administrative
jurisdiction of transportation safety programs and implement them following
applicable law; and 6) operate a state motor vehicle fleet for all motor
vehicles that are owned, leased or rented by this state (
A.R.S. � 28- 332
).

Provisions

1.

Appropriates
$5,016,000 from the GF in FY 2027 to ADOT to distribute the City of Sedona for
roundabout construction and improvements at the intersection of State Route
89A, Forest Road and Ranger Road. (Sec. 1)

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Current Bill Text

HB2609 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriation; ADOT; roundabout; SR 89A

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2609

Introduced by

Representative
Blackman

AN
ACT

Appropriating monies to the department of
transportation.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.
Appropriation;
department of transportation; roundabout; State Route 89A, Forest Road and
Ranger Road

The sum of $5,016,000 is appropriated
from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of
transportation to distribute to the city of Sedona for roundabout construction
and improvements at the intersection of State Route 89A, Forest Road and Ranger
Road.