Houghton Road, Irvington to 22nd Street (RTA 2006-32), construction activities anticipated to start in early 2027. Design activities are nearing completion, as well as right-of-way acquisition and utility relocation efforts. Project will be advertised for construction later this.
Improvements will extend from just south of the 22nd Street intersection to immediately north of the Irvington Road intersection and will include bridges at the Pantano Wash.
It is the seventh of eight phases of the corridor project, though one of the longest.
Improvements along the entire corridor include widening to a four- and six-lane desert parkway, with new bridges, bike lanes, drainage features and sidewalks.
Improvements include
- Widening Houghton Road to a curbed six-lane roadway with median
- Retrofit and widening of existing Pantano Bridge to accommodate for the new Houghton Road southbound traffic, and addition of a new bridge aligned along the east side of the existing bridge structure for the new roadway northbound traffic
- Left-turn lanes and dedicated right-turn lanes at Old Spanish Trail, Golf Links Road and Escalante Road
- PELICAN pedestrian crossing signal at Secrist Middle School
- New and upgraded traffic signals at Old Spanish Trail, Golf Links Road and Escalante Road intersections
- Drainage improvements to provide all-weather access during major storms
- Bus pullouts
- Improved asphalt surface for noise mitigation
- Bicycle and pedestrian facilities
- Native landscaping with water harvesting
- Roadway lighting
- Public art
Learn more: https://www.houghtonroad.info/section-7
