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Private jet on Sedona Airport runway
Community engagement, a focus on safety and sustainability, and upgrading a system providing weather conditions helped make Sedona Airport the state’s Airport of the Year for 2025. The award comes

With the long Memorial Day weekend coming up, you may be planning a road trip to get out of town. Now’s the time to get you and your vehicle ready.

Check these things in your vehicle before you go:

By now you hopefully heard about the REAL ID enforcement at TSA checkpoints? Be ready for your summer travel plans and upgrade to the Arizona Travel ID at least two weeks before your vacation so you are ready to fly without delays.
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.
Map showing the SR 95 raised median project from S Palo Verde Road to Industrial Boulevard and from N Palo Verde Road to Price Road

This project is complete

Project Cost: $2,825,500 million 

The Arizona Department of Transportation has completed a highway safety improvement project to install more than 2 miles of raised center median along State Route 95 in north Lake Havasu City.
File photo of paving roller
The Arizona Department of Transportation is kicking off another season of spring and summer projects to preserve and improve highway pavement in Arizona’s high country.
Map image I-40 Transwestern Road to I-17 Variable Speed Limit Signage System
ADOT is installing variable speed limit signs on I-40 between Bellemont and Flagstaff (mileposts 185–195) to help drivers adjust speed during bad weather, crashes, or construction. Construction is expected to begin in spring 2026 and finish by late fall 2026.
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.
A small one lane bridge at the Canyon Lake Marina has been carrying State Route 88 (Apache Trail) traffic since the 1930s.