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06/08/2025

PODCAST: An inside look at ADOT pump stations on Phoenix-area freeways

This week's episode of On the Road With ADOT features Justin Brook, ADOT's Pump House Operations Supervisor. His team is responsible for nearly 70 facilities that remove stormwater from low-lying stretches of Phoenix-area freeways.

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06/06/2025

Take the time to secure your loads

June 6 is National Secure Your Load Day, and I want to remind drivers of how important it is to take the extra time to secure your loads. ADOT crews have removed anything and everything from highways. Grills and patio furniture are great...

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06/01/2025

PODCAST: It's a big finish for the I-10 Broadway Curve project

No one is better able to explain the massive effort and the improvements along 11 miles of freeway than Rob Samour, Senior Deputy State Engineer and head of Major Projects and Alternate Delivery. That's why he's this week's guest on On the Road With ADOT.

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Where in AZ??

Will you be on the right track when you take our "Where in AZ??" challenge?

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10/25/2019

Adopt a Highway: A chance to reminisce

For 11 years the Jim Clark and his family have honored his parents by driving five hours to help clean up a stretch of State Route 473.

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10/24/2019

It’s Teen Driver Safety Week

This week is National Teen Driver Safety Week and it couldn’t come at a more appropriate time. In Arizona, more teen drivers are involved in vehicle crashes in October than any other month. There are a variety of factors that contribute to...

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10/23/2019

Seeing is believing: ADOT has 20 more traffic cameras

If seeing is believing, then Phoenix-area motorists can now get behind the wheel more confident than ever of what to expect when it comes to traffic conditions. That's because we have added 20 traffic cameras on either end of the Valley to...

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10/22/2019

You don't need to be 16 to appreciate the Permit Test @ Home program

If you’re not almost 16 years old, nobody else in your family is almost 16 years old and you don’t even have any friends (or enemies, for that matter) who are almost 16 years old, then why should you care about teens taking the learner’s...

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