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Second Thompson Peak Parkway bridge breaks ground over Reata Wash

David Chambers ·

Thompson Peak in the McDowell Mountains
Thompson Peak in the McDowell Mountains. Photo: GreenGibbon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. The photograph shows the peak, not the parkway construction site.

Scottsdale held a groundbreaking on Tuesday morning, Oct. 27, for a second Thompson Peak Parkway bridge over Reata Wash, the city said. The $14.2 million project is meant to end a bottleneck where four travel lanes now narrow to two across the existing bridge.

When the work is finished, Thompson Peak Parkway is expected to carry four continuous travel lanes with bicycle lanes from Scottsdale Road to 100th Street, plus a sidewalk on the new two-lane bridge, according to the city. Construction was scheduled to start Monday, Nov. 2, and to take about 12 months. Early work includes moving native plants, locating utilities and drilling shafts in the wash, with travel lanes remaining open during that phase, the city said.

Most of the money comes from the voter-approved 2019 bond program under Question 2, Community Spaces and Infrastructure, with the rest from the city’s 0.2 percent transportation sales tax. The city’s release also noted collaboration with DC Ranch and work by Kimley Horn and Ames Construction.

Source: City of Scottsdale news release.

Neighborhoods: DC Ranch, North Scottsdale