Highway Construction to Begin at South Mountain Park
Crews are readying for the building of a controversial eight-lane highway across three peaks.
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Construction of the South Mountain Freeway is set to begin across three peaks in South Mountain Park, the Arizona Department of Transportation announced. The Gila River Indian Community and a number of other tribes strenuously opposed the $1.7 billion freeway because many consider South Mountain a sacred site.
