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Audra Merrick
Audra Merrick serves as state engineer and deputy director leading ADOT’s Multimodal Planning Division, Project Delivery and Operations Division, and Alternative Delivery and Major Projects Division
A dispatch supervisor at our Traffic Operations Center spotted a loose dog on a freeway camera. Then he found the dog's family, which was looking for her.
A couple of words come to mind when one examines the year that was and the year to come when it comes to Phoenix-area freeways: new lanes. Here's a look back and forward for Phoenix-area freeways.
Construction of I-40 interchange with US 93 in Kingman
Also in 2026, ADOT will launch a project to transform the final two-lane section of State Route 260 between Payson and the Mogollon Rim into a four-lane highway. And in Kingman, work will continue on
Interchange of I-10 and Sunset Road
In Tucson, construction crews will be finishing an I-10 widening project on the northwest side, continuing another I-10 project southeast of downtown and kicking off an I-19 interchange reconstruction
The I-10/Loop 101 interchange in West Valley (ADOT file photo Dec. 2025)
Several large Arizona Department of Transportation projects are set to get underway along Phoenix-area freeways in 2026, including the first projects funded under Proposition 479 approved by Maricopa
Starting on Feb. 1, those who do not have a federally compliant credential like a passport or the Arizona Travel ID will be charged $45 for the new TSA ConfirmID service to get you through TSA security for up to 10 days.
On this week's episode of On the Road With ADOT, Adopt a Highway Program Manager Mary Currie explains how you can get involved and help keep Arizona grand. 

Christmas Day is just around the corner, and while we’re in the final dash to Dec. 25 and buying last-minute presents to put under the tree, we’re taking a moment to remind drivers to practice safe driving over the holidays. 

Thanks to the incredible generosity of our employees, the Adopt an Angel program helped 43 ADOT families this holiday season and fulfilled more than 200 wishes.