Construction Roundup Aug. 11: ADOT projects begin and end; N.M. Gov. Candidates At Industry Gathering

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In the Phoenix metropolitan area, the Arizona Department of Transportation has begun construction of a $72.7 million dollar project to expand the Loop 101 Freeway between Shea Blvd. and the Loop 202 on Aug. 9.  The project will result in the widening of 11 miles of the freeway, adding one lane to both the northbound and southbound flows. The project, which is slated for a late 2016 completion will also add new lights and signs, as well as new merge lanes between the interchanges at Indian Bend Road and McDonald Drive, new landscaping, wider bridges and realigned on and off ramps and a new layer of smother asphalt added across the lanes.