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• Chandler panel to review transportation plans
  Dec 15, 2009 — East Valley Tribune
  ...in roadway projects that planners believe are vital over the next two decades. The Transportation Commission is slated to consider Chandler's draft Transportation Master Plan at 7 p.m. The meeting is meant to give commissioners an overview of the plan and to listen to public comments, said Jim Phipps, a city spokesman. "It's probably going to be January when they make a recommendation," Phipps aid. City projections indicate that many major roadways will become hopelessly...
• Judge finds deputy chief in contempt of court
  Oct 1, 2009 — Arizona Republic
  ...a court hearing Sept. 25, Donahoe questioned an attorney and a sheriff's sergeant about that decision."So (Trombi) made a unilateral decision not to transport all of the defendants who were in court that day?" Donahoe asked."He did," the sergeant answered.Tom Liddy, the attorney representing the Sheriff's Office, argued in court that Trombi was not in contempt because he had not willfully disobeyed any court order.The court and sheriff's personnel...
• World's 3rd-largest aircraft leaves Mesa
  Sep 20, 2009 — East Valley Tribune
  However, the plane being at the airport is not uncommon.
• Transportation needs create East-West split
  Jun 19, 2009 — East Valley Tribune
  ...intersections that would connect Loop 303, Loop 101 and Grand Avenue. At one point in Scruggs' hectoring, Anderson interjected, "This is not easy." In MAG's proposal, the East Valley also loses freeway infrastructure. Gone are three miles of the proposed Williams Gateway Freeway, 33 miles of general-purpose lanes on Loop 202, two new highway interchanges and dedicated HOV ramps connecting U.S. 60 with the 202. Scruggs continued her protests at the Valley Metro board...
• Transportation plans go unfinished with fund cuts
  Jun 14, 2009 — East Valley Tribune
  Parking under the MAG building will be validated, and bus/light rail tickets will be provided to those who use transit to attend. And now the bill has come due: --For transit, there will be a decline in forecasted revenues of slightly more than $1 billion through the life of the tax. Under a proposal going before Valley Metro's board next week, the start of some new routes will be postponed by as long as 18 years.
• Chandler downtown proposals criticized
  Mar 21, 2009 — East Valley Tribune
  The options range from leaving Arizona Avenue as it is, to emulating Tempe's tree-lined Mill Avenue. Jeff Velasquez, a consultant with J2 Engineering, said diagonal space could provide 15 percent more parking. Arizona Avenue handles about 32,800 vehicles per day.
• Aerospace R&D institute zeroes in on Mesa
  Feb 23, 2009 — East Valley Tribune
  The feedback: There's a need for something like this to break through technological barriers in the industry. Total industry wages are $3.8 billion, according to the Arizona Aerospace, Defense and Avionics Industries Study. The average aerospace industry wage is $67,065.