Transportation officials are seeking input on a proposed interstate that would link Phoenix and Las Vegas.
Public meetings are set for Thursday in Henderson, Nev., and Tuesday in Phoenix.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has said that Interstate 11 would foster economic development and tourism. It also could extend north toward Canada and south to the Mexico border.
Transportation officials in Nevada and Arizona are studying the potential for the interstate. They have yet to identify funding for the road.
Officials say Phoenix and Las Vegas remain the largest U.S. cities not linked by an interstate highway corridor.
The combined population of Phoenix, Tucson, Las Vegas and Reno was less than 700,000 when the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 was enacted.
It now stands at 8 million.
DrJCA1 posted at 2:05 pm on Wed, Oct 17, 2012.
Great idea. It would cut a good bit of time off the drive.
iamjoe posted at 3:20 pm on Wed, Oct 17, 2012.
Interstate 11 should be build in a way so it can also accommodate space for highspeed rail for the future or don't get funding..
remo303 posted at 4:27 pm on Wed, Oct 17, 2012.
iamjoe makes a great point. Our local freeways should have been built with monorail capability included.
soricobob posted at 5:34 am on Thu, Oct 18, 2012.
Great idea, and most of it's already done.
Arizona Willie posted at 7:25 am on Thu, Oct 18, 2012.
It should have been part of the original freeways under Eisenhower.
As it is now, I don't care, I'll be dead before they can build it.
lauraaz posted at 7:40 am on Sat, Oct 20, 2012.
Its still cheaper to fly to Vegas than drive at today's gas prices isn't it? Besides, who would get the benefits of this highway? Are Nevada tourists making a big call to visit Phoenix? It sounds like the Nevada gaming industry would win and the Arizona gaming revenues would lose. And let's not even start thinking about the funding the Mexican toll road idea again. Someone must be waving a lot of money in the politicians faces again.