$9.8m Route 69 project to get under way, here's how it will affect commuters
Prescott, Arizona (Release): Work is scheduled to get underway next week on a project that will widen one mile of State Route 69 in Prescott, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).
ADOT, in partnership with the Central Yavapai Metropolitan Planning Organization, is constructing a third travel lane in each direction and a raised center median between Prescott Lakes Parkway and Frontier Village (mileposts 294-295). The $9.8 million project will also install a raised center median between Yavpe Connector and Heather Heights near the junction with SR 89.
This project, which is expected to take approximately nine months to complete, also will:
Construct curbs and gutters;
Install new pipe culverts and storm drains;
Remove and install a traffic signal
Install signage and striping
When construction gets underway on Monday, July 8, work will initially occur along the shoulders during the day with minimal impacts to the traveling public. Two travel lanes will be maintained during daytime hours. In addition, SR 69 will be narrowed to one lane in each direction between Prescott Lakes Parkway and Heather Heights from 8pm to 6am Sunday evenings through Thursday mornings. A 11-foot vehicle width restriction will be in place. Speed limit will be reduced to 35 miles per hour.
Business access will be maintained throughout the project, though there may be brief restrictions when work takes place in front of driveways and side streets. There will be no restrictions on weekends and state holidays. With a tentatively scheduled winter shutdown, construction is anticipated to be completed in fall 2025.