Who approved the planning? Who makes the final decision on the route?
First, some history about Downtown Links: Downtown Links is the alternative to the ‘last mile’ of the Barraza-Aviation Parkway, an Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) project. This ADOT ‘last mile’ plan would have extended the current Barraza-Aviation Parkway as a limited access highway through downtown, resulting in a permanent loss of virtually the entire Historic Warehouse District. The City of Tucson offered to take over the project from ADOT in 1989. Over the past 19 years, scores of alternative routes and alignments have been considered in an open public process. In addition, former elected officials have approved supporting plans that relate to the downtown area.
