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RTA Project Bulletins

  • January 12, 2010 - San Xavier District dedicates a new $500,000 pedestrian plaza built at the San Xavier Mission. The project was funded by the RTA. Click here for details.
  • December 9, 2009 - Construction is under way on La Canada, from Ina Road to Calle Concordia. Pima County and the RTA celebrated with a groundbreaking ceremony. The project is expected to be completed in 22 months.

  • October 22, 2009 - The RTA, Sun Tran and the City of Tucson dedicated the new Sun Tran Bus Storage and Maintenance Facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3920 N. Sun Tran Blvd.

  • September 2009 - Construction begins on Sahuarita Road, Interstate 19 to La Villita 

  • August 2009 - Construction begins on Camino de Manana, Tangerine Road to Linda Vista (Groundbreaking event held Oct. 21, 2009)
     
  • For more info on 2009 RTA Project Bulletins, click here.

Officials watch as a shovel breaks ground at the Twin Peak interchange project in May on Interstate 10 in Marana.

 

 

RTA Annual Report

The FY 2008-09 RTA Annual Report information is now available online. Please click here.

RTA Funding

Projects of the $2.1 billion Regional Transportation Authority plan are funded by a half-cent transaction privilege tax (also known as a sales tax), which was approved by Pima County voters in May 2006. The 20-year plan includes road, transit, safety, and environmental and economic vitality projects.

The Regional Transportation Authority is managed by Pima Association of Governments. For more information about PAG, please click here.

RTA Board Meeting

The next RTA Board meeting is tentatively scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on Feb. 24, 2010, at 177 N. Church Ave., Tucson, in Pima Association of Governments' 5th floor conference room.

For the latest updates for all RTA meetings and events, click on Meetings/Events.

For more information about the RTA Board, please click here.

RTA Project Meetings



Kolb Road: Connection to Sabino Canyon Road Public Meeting
Feb. 10, 6 to 8 p.m., Van Horne Elementary School Cafeteria, 7550 E. Pima St., Tucson

Grant Road Public Art Workshop
Feb. 11, 6 to 8:30 p.m., The Sheraton-Sabino Ballroom, 5151 E. Grant Road, Tucson

Houghton Road and Broadway Boulevard Intersection Public Meeting
Feb. 17, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Gridley Middle School, 350 S. Harrison Road, Tucson

Transit

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Live in Marana, Oro Valley/Catalina, Green Valley/Sahuarita, Tucson Estates or San Xavier? Then you can access the new Sun Shuttle neighborhood transit service available in your community. The service was launched in May and several improvements were made with the current schedule and routing. The Sun Shuttle can take you to school, to your doctor's appointment, to the grocery store or to other destinations and connects with the Sun Tran system. Give it a try today to reduce your travel costs!

Schedule information is available online. For information, please click on the following links:

 

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