The following presentation indicates the status of RTA projects managed by Pima County:

• Pima County State of the Streets Presentation

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Oracle Road/State Route 77 Wildlife Crossing Structures

Wildlife crossing structures are expected to be built on Oracle Road/State Route 77 at a cost of $8.2 million in RTA funding.

The structures include:

• an underpass that is 32 feet wide by 12 feet high by 190 feet long. This structure will link Catalina State Park to Big Wash.
• an underpass that is 50 feet wide by 12 feet high by 190 feet long. This structure will link Catalinea State Park to Big Wash and open space to the north. This location was identified as having the highest rate of wildlife and vehicle collisions by the AGFD Roadkill Study of Oracle Road and the Sky Island Alliance Roadkill database.
• an overpass that is150 feet wide by 20 feet high by 190 feet long. This structure will link state land, leased to the Arizona Department of Corrections, on the east side of State Route 77 to state and county land currently used as a refuse transfer station. The linkage extends to Catalina State Park to the east and Tortolita Mountain Park to the west. The state land between these areas, which includes the Big Wash, is being considered for purchase by Pima County for open space. The choice of an overpass was done to address connectivity for multiple species in an area where the terrain does not allow for an underpass. Construction on Oracle Road from Tangerine to Pinal County is tentatively scheduled to begin in 2013.
  
   

• RTA Approved Detailed Project Listing through December 2009 (95KB PDF)
• Jurisdictional updates for Pima County, City of South Tucson, City of Tucson, December 2009 (98KB PDF)
• Pima County State of the Streets 2010 (1,099KB PDF)

For more information about RTA financial information, please click here.

The first phase of the RTA plan is FY 2007 through FY 2011. The RTA is now in its fourth year of the first phase. During this period, the RTA recognizes the following major milestones to-date:

• Construction is under way on seven of the 11 first phase projects: Twin Peaks interchange, Silverbell Road to Interstate 10; and Camino de Manana widening from Tangerine Road to Linda Vista, in Marana. The frontage road, from Continental Road to Canoa Road, in Green Valley. The intersection improvement of Old Vail at Houghton Road as part of the Houghton corridor project in the City of Tucson. The Sahuarita Road widening from I-19 to La Villita in Sahuarita. Other projects under way are La Canada, Ina Road to Calle Concordia, and La Cholla, River to Ruthrauff, in Pima County. The Tanque Verde Road, Houghton to Catalina Highway, project in Pima County is currently out for bid. Bids are due Jan. 6.
• Expanded evening and weekend transit service.
• Expanded bus express service.
• New neighborhood transit circulator service in Green Valley/Sahuarita, Marana and Oro Valley/Catalina. The new service is called Sun Shuttle.
• The City of Tucson received a $63 million grant in February 2010 from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help fund its portion of the cost of the modern streetcar project, a $150 million project approved by voters as part of the RTA plan.
• Establishment of the MainStreet Small Business Assistance Program.
• Determination of the alignment for the RTA's largest roadway project ($167 million) on Grant Road.
• Completion (October 2009) of the first phase of a new Sun Tran Bus Storage and Maintenance Facility.