Casa Auxiliary Interstate Highway • 1-10Grande to I-19 An economic catalyst poised for growth in the Sonoran Desert Pinal County Many potential economic centers wait for the right elements to fall into 11 10 place to begin development. The Sonoran Corridor area is an already UPRR Marana vibrant economic region. This link will accelerate its future as a national Oro Valley economic powerhouse.

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Saguaro Ironwood National The assets already in place: Forest Park National Monument Tucson Mountain Tucson • Rail lines east and west Park Tohono O’odham Nation BOR Wildlife 11 Mitigation Corridor • Rail service south to and from Mexico 19 UPRR 10

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• University of Arizona Science and Tech Park with almost 2,000,000 11 Sahuarita square feet of high-tech office, R&D and laboratory facilities Pima County 19 Green Valley • The Port of Tucson, Arizona’s largest intermodal center SONORAN UPRR • Interstate highway access west, east and south to Mexico (less than 60 CORRIDOR miles away) Bridges U.P.R.R Bioscience • Land identified, planned and zoned for commercial and industrial 19 Tubac development (without residential impact), including the future Aerospace/Defense Research and Business park Santa Cruz County AJO WAY Rio Rico

The remaining link... 19 is this Auxiliary Interstate Highway, a high-speed, limited-access corridor Nogales 130612 ARC G2 V000-PCC

that connects this area with19 I-19 to the west and I-10 to the east. The project has already received local support with over $17 million of funds The Auxiliary Highway is a critical transportation link and economic catalyst spent and committed from Pima County and its regional partners. for southern Arizona’s growth in the coming decades.

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Auxiliary Interstate Highway I-10 to I-19 In addition to attracting new development, the economic benefits include easy access to suppliers and logistics centers to the more

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11 19 The project takes advantage of the labor force and other economic assets • Access to existing residential communities with affordable housing and strong infrastructures in place • Existing Foreign Trade Zone • The University of Arizona, one of the top ranked research universities in the United States Tucson International has 3 active runways, the longest of which is In addition to attracting new development, consider the economic over 11,000 feet. It has full 24-hour port of entry facilities for both benefits of easy access to suppliers and logistics centers to the more cargo and passengers, including customs and immigration services. than 220 existing defense and aerospace companies already located in the region. Transportation benefits An additional benefit accrues immediately on project completion. It will relieve the current overburdened I-10 / I-19 transition which is projected to overwhelm the current infrastructure by 2020.

Commercial trucks traveling between I-19 and I-10 will save 10.8 miles per vehicle per trip and with projected volumes of 1600 daily trips, total fuel savings alone are estimated at approximately $20,000 per day and Arizona’s largest port of entry, Mariposa, is less than 60 miles to growing. the south. The I-19 / I-10 route already handles high volumes of imported and exported goods. Trade projections show a rapidly Request increasing volume in the next decades. With significant local resources already committed, we’re asking for a designation as an Auxiliary Highway from I-10 to I-19, which will enable Federal and State assistance for implementation. The Traffic Case Projected traffic volumes through the current interchange system will rapidly become unmanageable without this projected Auxiliary Interstate Highway. The Port of Tucson is the largest intermodal center in the state and highlights the area’s flexibility in transportation. Rail, air, or truck TANGERINETANGERINE RD. RD. TANGERINEservicesTANGERINE RD. are RD. available in a conveniently concentrated area.

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