appropriation; Route 70; safety improvements

Plain English Breakdown

The exact safety improvements and their timeline are not specified in the bill.

Safety Improvements for Route 70

This bill gives $11,100,000 to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) from state money in fiscal year 2026-2027 to make U.S. Route 70 safer between mile posts 255 and 301.

What This Bill Does

• Gives ADOT $11,110,000 for safety work on a part of Route 70.
• The money comes from the state's general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027.
• ADOT will use this money to make U.S. Route 70 safer between mile posts 255 and 301.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) gets the money for safety work.
• People who drive on U.S. Route 70 between mile posts 255 and 301 will see safer roads.

Terms To Know

Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)

The agency that takes care of the state's highways, airports, and public transportation systems.

General Fund

Money from taxes that the state uses to pay for different programs and services.

Limits and Unknowns

• It is not clear exactly what safety improvements will be made with this money.
• The bill does not say when these safety improvements must start or finish.

Official Summary Text

SB1063 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1063

appropriation;
Route 70; safety improvements

Purpose

Appropriates $11,100,000
from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2027 to the Arizona Department of
Transportation (ADOT) for safety improvements on U.S. Route 70.

Background

ADOT is tasked
with providing an integrated balanced state transportation system and has
exclusive control and jurisdiction over all: 1) state highways; 2) state roads;
3) state-owned airports; and 4) state-owned transportation systems or modes.
ADOT is responsible for the design and construction of transportation
facilities in accordance with a priority plan and to maintain and operate all
state-owned highways, airports and public transportation systems (A.R.S. ��
28-331

and
28-332
).

S.B. 1063
appropriates $11,100,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADOT.

Provisions

1.

Appropriates $11,100,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADOT for safety
improvements on U.S. Route 70 between mile post 255 and mile post 301.

2.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Amendments Adopted by the
Committee of the Whole

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Increased the appropriation from the state GF from $10,400,000 to
$11,100,000.

Senate Action

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Prepared by Senate Research

March 2, 2026

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Current Bill Text

SB1063 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

appropriation; Route
70; safety improvements

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1063

AN
ACT

Appropriating monies to the department of
transportation.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section
1.
1.
Appropriation; department of transportation; U.S. Route 70;
safety improvements

The sum of
$11,100,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in
fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of transportation for safety
improvements on U.S. Route 70 between Mile Post 255 and Mile Post 301.