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Happy New Year, Arizona! I hope everyone had a safe and fun holiday season, spending time with loved ones and ringing in 2026.

Native nations comprise roughly a quarter of Arizona's land, and state highways are key corridors for them. In this week's episode, our Native Nations Ambassador for Infrastructure Development discusses how ADOT partners with our state's 22 federally recognized tribes and eight others with ancestral ties to Arizona.
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.