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A commitment to safety and to mentorship helped earn ADOT Enforcement and Compliance Division (ECD) Officer Matt Drury recognition as the Arizona Trucking Association’s 2025 ADOT ECD Officer of the Year.
This week's episode of On the Road with ADOT podcast features the I-10 Wild Horse Pass Corridor Project, which will add lanes and other much-needed upgrades along 26 miles of the interstate between Chandler and Casa Grande.
Grogginess, yawning, sluggishness — they’re all signs of fatigue. That fatigue can make it harder to get through a workday, and your motor skills can be impaired. If you drive while drowsy, it could result in a crash. So during Drowsy...

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If you’ve driven through a work zone, you’ve seen workers wearing hard hats and orange or yellow reflective vests. Those bright colors stand out and make it easier for motorists to see people working near travel lanes, building and...
National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 15-19, is an annual spring event that brings attention to the importance of work zone safety. This year’s theme is “Work Zones are temporary. Actions behind the wheel can last forever.” It highlights...
There are certain things people shouldn’t do in an office setting — talking loudly over the phone and disturbing others, stealing lunches that don’t belong to them or microwaving fish (and causing a massive stink). It’s courteous behavior...
It’s time to shed some light, literally and figuratively, on a highway safety project just outside of Bisbee.
The arrival of warmer spring weather has brought us April’s launch of ADOT’s $8.2 million project to put a new, modern bridge in place that will carry J.W. Powell Boulevard over I-17 near Pulliam Airport in Flagstaff.
As the last of winter storms roll through and warmer weather starts to hit Arizona, drivers need to be aware of the threat of their cars potentially sparking wildfires along highways. Drivers can inadvertently start fires through a lack of...
Do you still need to get your 2023 taxes done? Many people are busy and forget until the last minute to deal with the hassle, but with the deadline just days away, the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division is doing its part to take some of the hassle and stress out of filling out those forms.
State Route 89A between Flagstaff and Sedona winds through some of Arizona’s most beautiful and iconic scenery. One part of that drive is the Midgley Bridge over Wilson Canyon, just north of Sedona.
Soil testing is a vital part of making sure roads will last.
An update on the I-10 widening project in Tucson.