Queen Creek has released the following information on road closures due to heavy wind and rain Thursday night. Roads that have been closed may have up to 1 1/2 feet of mud, as well as debris including tree limbs, and are not safe to traverse. Drivers are encouraged to utilize Rittenhouse, Ironwood or Ellsworth roads.

According to the City of Queen Creek website, several roads will be closed over the weekend for construction.

Queen Creek Road is closed to traffic east of Crismon Road for the next 30 days. Crews are working on the installation of the new Gilbert CAP water line.

The intersection of Ellsworth and Ocotillo roads will be closed tonight and Monday night for intersection widening and traffic signal improvements.

A public open house meeting on the future of Germann Road between Power and Ironwood roads will be held on 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Queen Creek Branch Library, 21802 S. Ellsworth Road, Queen Creek.

Queen Creek Road will be closed between Higley and Greenfield roads in Gilbert starting Thursday.

One person was injured Sunday after a vehicle hit a fire hydrant in Gilbert.

Queen Creek will see more than $1 million of the federal stimulus pie, with most of that money going toward improving roads. Because the town figures it's getting as much as it can expect, it will now turn its attention to pursuing other funding for public safety projects.

A charter school has abandoned plans to move to Queen Creek for now and the owners of the land it was planned on are accusing the town of running off potential buyers of the property because of unnecessary requirements.

A raised median on Ocotillo Road in Queen Creek will stay put for the time being, but the town is looking for input before planning any future medians for the area.

Queen Creek officials cut the ribbon across the newly completed Ellsworth Loop Road Monday and now drivers can use the much-anticipated six-lane roadway that will help commuters get through town faster. The project totaled about $61 million and was started in October 2006.

Queen Creek has released the following information on road closures due to heavy wind and rain Thursday night. Roads that have been closed may have up to 1 1/2 feet of mud, as well as debris including tree limbs, and are not safe to traverse. Drivers are encouraged to utilize Rittenhouse, Ironwood or Ellsworth roads.

For more than 30 years Russ Carlson has operated Russ’ True Value Hardware as a fixture in the Queen Creek community.

The long-awaited, multimillion-dollar transportation project aimed at getting people through Queen Creek quicker will open Tuesday morning.

Queen Creek’s headaches with Union Pacific Railroad on the Ellsworth Loop Road underpass are a thing of the past, and town officials expect to complete the project in the next 90 days.

Tough economic times will hit Queen Creek's progress on roads. A notable portion of the $23.4 million in budget cuts approved by the Town Council earlier this month for the current fiscal year comes from delaying transportation projects until the town sees an economic upturn.

Starting today, traffic in both directions on Ellsworth Road at Queen Creek Road will be shifted to the west for the next month.

Queen Creek’s pitch to get state money to alleviate roads choked by booming growth got a nod from the state Senate Monday.