Yavapai County plans to spend $7,588,000 this year on design and construction of the five-lane Williamson Valley Road. As the table below shows, the County will spend $6,288,000  on construction of the five-lane road from Shadow Valley Ranch Road to Pioneer Parkway. Another $1,300,000 is budgeted to continue design of the North Project from Pioneer Parkway to Outer Loop Road. 

 

The $7,588,000  total to be spent on Williamson Valley Road this year is more than half the Yavapai County Regional Road budget for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. The other major expenditures are for the Side Road and Highway 69/89 interchanges and Highway 260 in the Verde Valley. Nothing is budgeted for Fain Road.

Use of scarce County funds for a road project where the level of service has not met the County criteria for improvement as outlined in its own General Plan, where the community overwhelmingly is opposed to its design, and where the number of traffic accidents is low relative to other locations such as Fain Road is irresponsible. In anticipation of possible Federal stimulus funds, the Central Yavapai Metropolitan Planning Organization prioritized six projects for potential funding. Improvement of Fain Road was the top priority. Williamson Valley Road improvement was at the bottom of the list. We believe available funds should be used for projects that will save lives.  

 

Williamson Valley Road South	$6,288,000
Williamson Valley Road North	$1,300,000
Total Williamson Valley Road	$7,588,000
SR69/89 Connector	$1,100,000
Side Road Interchange	$1,500,000
State Route 260	$1,975,000
Fain Road	$0
Total Yavapai County Regional Roads	$13,755,000