Metro Phoenix Transit/Transportation Developments

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Originally Posted by muertecaza

Construction is underway to close one of the gaps in in the MUP canal network by connecting the lake path with the Grand Canal path near Marquee Theatre. It's an annoying break in the path and a welcome fix.

https://www.yourvalley.net/tempe-independent/stories/grand-canal-pathway-project-update,686057

Does anyone know anything new about the upstream bridge project?

https://www.tempe.gov/government/transpo...-pedestrian/upstream-dam-bike-ped-bridge

Tempe apparently got $25m in federal funding in 2025 but I haven't heard anything since.

I've asked the transportation department about this multiple times and they have told me that the federal funding is in limbo due to the Trump administration's withholding of funds for projects that support alternate modes of transportation. I guess walking and biking is too "woke"

https://stanton.house.gov/2025/3/stanton...ke-pedestrian-and-ev-projects-in-arizona

According to Politico, the guidance instructs staff that competitive grants from fiscal 2022 through fiscal 2025 whose funds haven't been fully obligated are subject to review for compliance with the Trump administration's priorities, suggesting that those projects' federal funds could be in jeopardy if they aren't. Projects in Arizona’s Fourth District that could be impacted include:

$25 million awarded to Tempe under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in January of 2025 for the Upstream Dam Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge;
$15 million awarded to Phoenix in January of 2025 for EV charging;
$11.8 million awarded to Mesa in January of 2024 for EV charging;
and $25 million awarded to Phoenix in 2022 for the Rio Salado Bike/Pedestrian Bridge.