appropriation; Route 70; safety improvements

Plain English Breakdown

The official text confirms the fiscal year as 2026-2027, though one source document listed FY 2027; the bill text clarifies the full range.

Funding Safety Upgrades for a Section of Route 70

This bill gives $11,100,000 from the state budget to fix safety issues on U.S. Route 70 between mile posts 255 and 301.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside $11,100,000 from the state General Fund for fiscal year 2026-2027.
• Gives this money to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).
• Requires ADOT to use the funds only for safety improvements on U.S. Route 70 between mile post 255 and mile post 301.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)
• Drivers who travel on U.S. Route 70 between mile posts 255 and 301

Terms To Know

Appropriation

The official act of setting aside a specific amount of government money for a certain purpose.

State General Fund

The main account where the state keeps most of its tax revenue to pay for services and projects.

Mile Post

A marker on a highway that shows how many miles you are from the start of that road section.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not list specific safety projects, only that improvements must happen.
• The exact date when construction will begin is not stated in this text.
• The source does not explain how ADOT will choose which safety fixes to build first.

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.