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The tables are turned this week as On the Road With ADOT's host becomes the guest. Doug Nintzel, our public information guru on Phoenix-area freeways, has an update on important projects around the Valley.
Beginning June 23, certified medical examiners on the National Registry will electronically submit results directly to FMCSA by midnight of the next calendar day. Drivers will no longer submit their MECs directly to MVD after June 22, 2025.
For this week's episode of On the Road With ADOT, we invited Biology Program Manager Audrey Navarro to talk more about the I-17 wildlife overpass project and its role not only in enhancing safety but habitat connectivity for elk and other wildlife.

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Freeway models are used to show the public what a future highway may look like. This one is from the late 1960s.
Volunteers from Arizona Game & Fish Department participate in highway clean-up in southern Arizona.
ADOT crews collected 800 tons of litter in 2021 along Maricopa County freeways. That’s a lot of litter and also a 47% increase in the amount of litter picked up in 2017.
Take a 100-year journey through ADOT's Old MVD Building.
Melissa Owen's annual "All the Way to the Border" cleanup celebrated a comeback as 101 volunteers returned to collect litter along 45 miles of State Route 286, between Three Points at State Route 86 to Sasabe at the Arizona-Mexico border.
Whether fixed- or truck-mounted, attenuators are designed to absorb the impact of a crash, protecting workers and helping to reduce injuries to motorists and damage to vehicles.
Volunteers collected 14,400 bags of trash in 2021, which totals about 197,000 pounds.
How to participate in a virtual meeting for an upcoming Loop 101 Agua Fria Freeway project.
Feb. 20-26 is National Engineers Week and we're grateful for the work they do, building and maintaining the state highway system.
Arizona is the founding chapter of the Make-A-Wish organization and also the first to sponsor a license plate. Order a Make-A-Wish Arizona specialty plate and help make wishes come true.