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Intermountain West Corridor • Future I-11 Completing the Southern End of the CANAMEX Corridor Intermountain West Corridor • Future I-11 Completing the southern end of the CANAMEX Corridor The challenge and the opportunity ALBERTA BRITISH Calgary The CANAMEX corridor (shown at right) has been completed in Canada COLUMBIA and is almost complete in the United States and Mexico. One of those SASKATCHEWAN unfinished segments lies between Las Vegas and Mexico, and its design and construction will have a major impact in southern Arizona. WASHINGTON NORTH The Sun Corridor Helena MONTANA DAKOTA Estimates for our Sun Corridor region (below, right) project that our trad- OREGON IDAHO SOUTH ing volumes can build an economy for this area larger than that of the DAKOTA United Arab Emirates. Studies consistently show that our transportation WYOMING infrastructure can develop the necessary capacity to move goods and ser- vices to and from Mexico and especially to our west and north. The future NEBRASKA is extremely bright if we are prepared for it. NEVADA Salt Lake City UTAH COLORADO KANSAS A multi-pronged rationale for a Las CALIFORNIA Vegas high priority. Henderson Mexico is more than a close neighbor. It’s one of the fastest growing ARIZONA NEW MEXICO economies in the world. Phoenix • There are over 240 aerospace companies in Mexico. Tucson TEXAS • It’s the world’s leading exporter of tomatoes ($2.03 billion in 2011). CANAMEX Nogales • It’s the world’s leading exporter of beer ($2.02 billion in 2011). TRADE ROUTE • The Port of Guaymas is scheduled for major expansion. Hermosillo • The Mexican government has committed over $300 billion for Guaymas infrastructure investment over the next six years. As much as importing goods and services from Mexico is an important The CANAMEX corridor was established under the North American Free trade and transportation factor, so is the export of goods and Trade Agreement for the seamless and efficient transportation of goods, professional services from the U.S. into Mexico. services, people and information between Canada, Mexico and the United States. What does this mean for us? As for the Intermountain West Corridor, as soon as it’s complete, it will: • greatly increase our region’s economic diversification. • strengthen our air, rail and surface capabilities. • help us retain an educated and highly trained labor force. • continue our role as a significant hub for both sides of the border. Kingman More than $490 million has already been invested in the trade corridor Flagstaff Holbrook from the Hoover Dam bypass in the north to the Mariposa Port of entry at Nogales on our southern border. In order to realize the benefits of that Prescott St. Johns existing investment, as well as to prepare for the projected increase that Parker the import and export trade will demand, we need to complete this link. Phoenix Globe Florence Clifton MARICOPA Safford Yuma PINAL PIMA Tucson SANTA 0 50 75 100 CRUZ Bisbee Scale in Miles Nogales The Sun Corridor is one of the 10 national megapolitan areas where studies show enhanced capacity for growth. 2173 - Intermountain West Corridor Future I11 flyer update How we can maximize our 4. Support the Arizona Congressional delegation’s efforts to identify and fund the I-11 segment from Phoenix to future opportunities Nogales, as well as the Auxiliary Interstate Highway connecting I-19 and I-10, in any future federal surface These steps will help define the entire transportation legislation. Intermountain West Corridor: 5. Support air, rail and surface transportation improvements to develop regional logistics services, including an 1. Fund and build State Route 189 – the Mariposa to I-19 additional runway at Tucson International Airport and rail/ connection. freight interfaces at the Port of Tucson and Red Rock. 2. Designate the Intermountain West Corridor from Nogales to Phoenix, through the Tucson area, as a priority corridor and the international leg of a future Interstate 11. 3. Encourage the Arizona Department of Transportation to designate a new state route connecting I-19 to I-10 functioning as an Auxiliary Interstate Highway. 77 Casa Pinal Pinal County Grande Air Park Pima County Ironwood Forest National Monument Marana SILVERBELL ROAD 10 TANGERINE ROAD Intermountain West Oro Valley ANWAY ROAD ANWAY AVRA VALLEY ROAD INTERSTATE 10 Corridor 77 Proposed I-11 options Avra Valley Interstate 10 Option INA ROAD Option 11 Saguaro National Park West Ironwood Forest Tucson National Monument SPEEDWAY BLVD. Bureau of Reclamation Wildlife Tucson Mtn. Mitigation Corridor Park ALVERNON WAY ALVERNON Tohono O’odham Saguaro National Nation Park East IRVINGTON ROAD UPRR Coronado Port of National Forest VALENCIA ROAD Tucson SR86 • AJO WAY INTERSTATE 10 UPRR 86 Sonoran Corridor Tohono O’odham Nation 19 Future Auxiliary San Xavier District Interstate Highway 10 RITA ROAD RITA 410 286 NOGALES HWY. WILMOT ROAD WILMOT 11 83 U.P.R.R. 11 19 Sahuarita Two options showing possible routes from the northern connection from I-11 to I-19 in Sahuarita, providing 0 2.5 5 10 Green added capacity for import and export traffic to complete Scale in Miles Valley the southern segment of the CANAMEX Highway. Mexico 2173 - Intermountain West Corridor Future I11 flyer update.
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