The Arizona Department of Transportation advises drivers to plan for lane closures on north- and southbound State Route 89A near Sedona between mileposts 383 and 385 while crews maintain roadside vegetation.
The work is scheduled to occur on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, through Friday, Dec. 7.
SR 89A will be narrowed to one lane during daytime operations.
Flaggers and a pilot car will direct motorists through the work zone.
No restrictions are scheduled to be in place during weekends.
Please proceed through the work zone with caution, slow down and watch for maintenance personnel and equipment.
PHOENIX – If you have the misfortune to be involved in a non-injury fender bender on a freeway, do not leave your car stopped in travel lanes, while you circle the vehicle taking photos of dents and dings from dozens of angles and waiting for a forensics team to arrive and piece together the cause of the collision.
That’s not safe and they’re not coming.
If you find yourself in this situation move your vehicle to the shoulder where you can safely exchange information with the other driver, inspect your vehicle for damage and wait for law enforcement to arrive. This is called “Quick Clearance” and is a traffic incident management strategy that keeps motorists safe and traffic moving.During National Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Awareness Week (November 11-17), the Arizona Department of Transportation, Arizona Department of Public Safety and other traffic-safety stakeholders are providing the traveling public with TIM tips. In addition, motorists will see TIM-related safety messages on overhead signs and on social media this week.
“Not only do TIM techniques keep traffic moving as efficiently and smoothly as possible,” said Derek Arnson, ADOT’s Traffic Management Group manager, “they make it safer for those involved in the incident, safer for those responding to the incident and safer for the motorists traveling near the incident.”
Nearly 350 vehicle crashes occur every day in Arizona and most will be visited by emergency responders, which can include law enforcement, fire departments, medical services, transportation crews and tow trucks. Different responders have different duties on scene – some tend to victims and others gather information about the incident, while others remove damaged vehicles and clear space to make travel safer for other motorists – but all are practicing TIM techniques.
“TIM strategies are used by first responders on a daily basis to keep motorists safe on Arizona’s roadways, while reducing traffic congestion that often causes secondary collisions,” said Lt. Col. Wayde Webb of the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s Highway Patrol Division.
While responders employ a variety of TIM strategies that keep motorists safe and traffic moving efficiently, the public plays a role, too. First, motorists can practice “Quick Clearance,” a state law that requires a driver involved in a minor crash without injuries to remove their vehicle from the roadway if it is operable and can be moved safely. In addition to moving vehicles from the roadway to increase safety, Arizona’s “Move Over” law requires motorists to move over one lane – or slow down if it’s not safe to change lanes – when approaching any vehicle with flashing lights pulled to the side of a road or highway.
Giving responders space to work can be a life-saving action, said Angela Barnett, Executive Director of the Arizona Professional Towing and Recovery Association. On average, one tow truck operator is struck and killed every six days in the United States, according to national crash statistics.
“Give us room to do our jobs,” Barnett said. “When you see an incident or flashing lights ahead, please pay attention and slow down. It’s real life out there and we all want to go home at the end of the day.”
Remember, if you are involved in a crash, the first action to take is to make sure you and occupants in your vehicle are OK. Then, if your vehicle is operable, move to the emergency shoulder, median or exit the highway and call 911. Stay out of travel lanes, be alert and watch approaching traffic. Never leave the scene of a crash.
Northern Arizona drivers should expect travel delays and on- and off-ramp closures on Interstate 40 at State Route 64 during daytime hours Wednesday, Nov. 14, and Monday, Nov. 19.
The closures are necessary as the Arizona Department of Transportation continues repairing 17 miles of pavement on Interstate 40 between Parks and Williams in northern Arizona. ADOT advises drivers to use Grand Canyon Boulevard (exit 163) while the following on- and off- ramp closures are in place:
Monday, Nov. 19: Eastbound I-40 on-ramp at SR 64 between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m.
WILLIAMS — Northern Arizona drivers should expect travel delays and on- and off-ramp closures on Interstate 40 at State Route 64 during daytime hours Wednesday, November 14, and Thursday, November 15.
The closures are necessary as the Arizona Department of Transportation continues repairing 17 miles of pavement on Interstate 40 between Parks and Williams in northern Arizona. ADOT advises drivers to use Grand Canyon Boulevard (exit 163) while the following on- and off- ramp closures are in place:
Wednesday, November 14: Westbound I-40 off-ramp at SR 64 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Thursday, November 15: Eastbound I-40 on-ramp at SR 64 between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Getting Arizona out of line and safely on the road is getting widespread attention.
The Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division has received the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) “Improvement through Efficiencies Service Award” for the MVD online insurance update and reinstatement functions introduced last year. Those transactions previously required a visit to an MVD or Authorized Third Party office.
“In Arizona, the Motor Vehicle Division has been leading the way in making sure government serves its customers more efficiently and effectively,” said Governor Doug Ducey. “The dedicated employees of MVD have embraced the principles of the Arizona Management System to eliminate waste and maximize productivity. The results are stunning. Customers are spending half the time in MVD offices waiting than they did just a few years ago. That success belongs to the employees of MVD, and Arizonans are seeing the benefit.”
MVD Director Eric Jorgensen said, “It’s an honor to be recognized for our successes, but the real winners here are the MVD customers who continue to have more options for doing business more conveniently online. We have a terrific team of MVD employees who have embraced the culture of everyday improvement through the Arizona Management System and I’m proud that they’re getting this recognition.”
The Insurance Update is free and allows customers to electronically provide information regarding their insurance coverage directly to MVD. Insurance companies are given seven days by law to update policy information when changes such as cancellations or renewals occur. On those occasions when there may be a lag in that reporting time from an insurance provider, this online option will help customers with valid insurance to immediately update their MVD record and avoid a suspension.
The update tool is easy to use and asks for information that is found directly on an insurance card.
In addition to the Insurance Update, the Reinstatement Function allows customers to reinstate vehicle insurance that had been previously canceled or lapsed. The function determines eligibility for reinstatement, makes real-time updates to the MVD customer database upon completion, allows the customer to pay the $50 fee for each vehicle reinstatement, and provides a receipt confirmation that indicates the registration has been reinstated.
AAMVA was founded in 1933 and supports motor vehicle and law enforcement agencies in North America through programs and services focusing on safe drivers and vehicles, identity security, motor carrier services and technology solutions.
For more information: www.azdot.gov/mvd and www.aamva.org
The Arizona Department of Transportation advises drivers to plan for lane closures on north- and south-bound State Route 89A near Sedona between mileposts 389 and 374 while crews maintain roadside vegetation.
The work is scheduled to occur from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 6, through Thursday, November 8.
SR 89A will be narrowed to one lane during daytime operations.
Flaggers and a pilot car will direct motorists through the work zone.
Please proceed through the work zone with caution, slow down and watch for maintenance personnel and equipment.
The Arizona Department of Transportation advises drivers to plan for lane closures on northbound Interstate 17 near Camp Verde Tuesday, November 6, and Wednesday, November 7. All work is scheduled between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
The right lane of northbound I-17 will be closed for roadside maintenance.
Please proceed through the work zone with caution, slow down and watch for construction personnel and equipment.
Phoenix-area freeway drivers may have noticed more construction and maintenance closures along interstates 10 and 17 last weekend. There’s some good news behind those restrictions.
A scheduled increase in freeway work and closures in October and November allows the Arizona Department of Transportation to make progress on important improvements before a decrease in restrictions sets in during the holiday travel season.
Crews have been busy in recent weeks on ADOT projects ranging from bridge construction at the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway interchange at I-10 and 59th Avenue to I-17 pavement improvements south of downtown Phoenix.
ADOT is getting that work done now in order to limit weekend restrictions, including full freeway closures, during the holiday travel and shopping season between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.
Scheduling weekend or overnight freeway restrictions in recent weeks in order to lighten the load during the holidays hasn’t been easy, especially with record-setting rainfall in the Phoenix area in October.
Project teams made substantial progress at the I-10/South Mountain Freeway interchange last weekend, including pouring the concrete deck for the elevated ramp that will provide a connection between northbound Loop 202 and westbound I-10 by late 2019.
Over the next few weeks and weekends, drivers in the Phoenix area can expect additional closures or lane restrictions along I-10 near 59th Avenue for work on the Loop 202 interchange. Bridge inspections also are planned at the I-10/I-17 “Stack” interchange near downtown. An ongoing I-10 project near Loop 303 in Goodyear is installing traffic-flow sensors in the pavement as well as electronic message signs above the interstate.
In addition to the holiday travel season, ADOT also will pull back from major freeway restrictions Nov. 8-11, during the NASCAR race weekend at ISM Raceway in the West Valley.
The Arizona Department of Transportation advises northern Arizona drivers that the southbound I-17 Schnebly Hill Road off-ramp (exit 320) is scheduled to close Monday, November 5, from 8 a.m. to noon while crews repair guardrail.
During the closure, motorists should continue southbound on I-17 for 3 miles to Woods Canyon/Fox Ranch Road (exit 317) to exit and re-enter northbound I-17 to Schnebly Hill Road.
Please proceed through the work zone with caution, slow down and watch for construction personnel and equipment.
PHOENIX – Buying a vehicle that needs a new license plate, or upgrading to a specialty or personalized plate? The Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division is reminding motorists that you don’t need to return an old license plate to the MVD.
“We’re working very hard to get Arizonans out of line and safely on the road, and part of that is letting people know it’s okay to keep an old license plate instead of taking time out of a busy day to go to an MVD office,” said MVD Stakeholder Relations Manager Jennifer Bowser-Richards. “The only exception occurs if a plate is mutilated or illegible. In that case, the law requires a vehicle owner to get a new plate,” she noted.
She added, “Customers do have the option of transferring their current plate when they buy a different vehicle, but quite often if it involves merely a standard plate, people will just want to get rid of it. We want to make sure they know an office visit isn’t needed to do that. We also urge people who may not want to keep a plate to put it in their recycling bin as opposed to simply throwing it in the trash.”
That’s not safe and they’re not coming.
Phoenix-area freeway drivers may have noticed more construction and maintenance closures along interstates 10 and 17 last weekend. There’s some good news behind those restrictions.
PHOENIX – Buying a vehicle that needs a new license plate, or upgrading to a specialty or personalized plate? The Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division is reminding motorists that you don’t need to return an old license plate to the MVD.