Drivers in Oro Valley should expect northbound lane closures on Oracle Road beginning Monday, Oct. 20.
The Town of Oro Valley Street Operations team will perform bi-annual median maintenance along State Route 77. Work is expected to run through Friday, Oct. 24. The town says crews may extend the schedule through Wednesday, Oct. 29, depending on conditions and progress.
The closures will occur along Oracle Road from just south of Suffolk Drive northbound to milepost 84, just beyond Big Wash Overlook Place. Because the town describes this as a moving operation, the exact closure locations will change daily.
Each day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the northbound inside (left) lane will close while crews work north along the route. Outside those hours, all lanes will reopen.
The town says temporary signage, cones, and digital message boards will be used to guide drivers through the work zone. The town also advises motorists to slow down and allow extra time for travel during the scheduled hours.
What work is planned
Median maintenance includes trimming trees, removing weeds, collecting trash, and clearing dead vegetation. The town also plans light landscaping.
The town says the maintenance is intended to improve visibility and help prevent overgrowth. It also says the work supports wildfire risk reduction.
The Town of Oro Valley says it has been performing this type of maintenance since entering into an intergovernmental agreement with the Arizona Department of Transportation in 2010. Under that agreement, the Street Operations division performs landscaping and vegetation management within the municipal boundary.
ADOT road work noted
The article also cites an ADOT blog post that described completion of a $34 million resurfacing project covering roughly nine miles of Oracle Road between Oro Valley and Tucson. It says additional improvements are planned between Calle Concordia and Tangerine Road as part of a five-year transportation program.