<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3UpR41_1H4j2oLK00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3UpR41_1H4j2oLK00" width="1999" height="1037" ><figcaption>Road Construction workers are completing upgrades to the intersection of Scottsdale Road and Dynamite Boulevard – once envisioned as a roundabout conversion, which was later “canceled.” (Tom Scanlon/Managing Editor)</figcaption></figure>Are we there yet?Not quite – but the end of a long construction “road trip” is finally in sight.You can say this project has had a roundabout journey.The $44 million “Scottsdale Road Improvements: Jomax Road to Dixileta Drive” project in North Scottsdale has a way to go.With funding coming from the city’s transportation sales tax and Maricopa Association of Governments regional sales tax, construction started two years ago.The detours then hit a political detour, in the form of the 2025 Scottsdale City Council canceling the roundabout portion approved by the 2024 Scottsdale City Council.Though some howled over the city forfeiting a $30 million grant for the roundabout, a new source was found to pay for an upgraded four-way intersection.Even so, the political action added six months to a project originally scheduled to be complete by the summer of 2026.A new update came last week.“Project completion is scheduled for late December,” according to Teresa Makinen, a city spokeswoman.Through November, construction will continue on the project to “convert this section of Scottsdale Road to a complete street to include landscaped medians, bike lanes, sidewalks and trails to improve safety, capacity and accessibility for motor vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians.”The project includes installation of a signalized crossing at Pinnacle Vista Drive and drainage improvements.Lane closures continue.Traffic is currently shifted to the west side of Scottsdale Road, one lane in each direction, from Dixileta Drive to Jomax Road.Dynamite Boulevard remains closed on the east side of Scottsdale Road for crews to rebuild the east side of this intersection.This was originally planned to be a roundabout, until a City Council “bloc” majority vote to keep it as a four-way intersection but add traffic lights.Left turns are permitted for southbound traffic at Dixileta Drive and for north and south bound traffic at Jomax Road. Detour signs are in place to direct travelers around the closure. In addition, Oberlin Way and Bent Tree Drive remain closed on the east side of Scottsdale Road.Crews started installing left-in/left-out median islands in Scottsdale Road, at Bobwhite Way and also at Pinnacle Vista Drive, as well as median island work in the area.Crews are also paving the base course (bottom layer) of asphalt on the east side of the Scottsdale Road/Dynamite Boulevard intersection.Starting this week, crews will start final paving on the east side of Scottsdale Road from Jomax through Dixileta.Some side streets may be closed over the next two weeks.Starting Nov. 19, crews will shift to final paving on the west side of Scottsdale Road from Dixileta through Jomax.The Scottsdale Road/Dynamite intersection may reopen by Thanksgiving, according to Makinen.The last week of November, crews will adjust utilities along Scottsdale Road and prepare for striping of the roadway. Lane reductions will continue.“Scottsdale Road remains an active construction area and the speed limit remains at 30 mph through the construction zone,” Makinen stressed.</div></body>

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Not quite – but the end of a long construction “road trip” is finally in sight. You can say this project has had a roundabout journey. The $44 million “Scottsdale Road Improvements: Jomax Road to Dixileta Drive” project in North Scottsdale has a way to go.

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Not quite – but the end of a long construction “road trip” is finally in sight. You can say this project has had a roundabout journey. The $44 million “Sco

Road construction continues in North Scottsdale

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