Traffic Alert: Stone Ave closed due to Downtown Links project

By Florence Ochoa, Parking & Transportation Services
Dec. 21, 2020
To: Campus Community
From: Parking & Transportation Services
Subject: Traffic Alert: Stone Ave closed due to Downtown Links project
Date: Dec 21, 2020

Downtown Links Constructors (DLC), under contract with the City of Tucson Department of Transportation and Mobility, are continuing to work on the Downtown Links project.

Motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians should anticipate intermittent lane restrictions throughout the limits of the project in addition to the following upcoming work:

Beginning Monday, January 4, 2021, at about 5 a.m., Stone Avenue will close to the traveling public between Fifth Street and Sixth Street. The closure will be in place through early March 2021 while the contractor builds the underground drainage structure that crosses Stone Avenue.

  • Motorist traveling north on Stone Avenue from the downtown area will be required to turn eastbound or westbound at Sixth Street. Through travel will not be permitted. Left turns to westbound Sixth Street is temporary and will only be permitted during this closure.
  • Eastbound Franklin Street, at Stone Avenue, will be reduced to one through lane and one left-turn lane.
  • Motorists, who typically use Stone Avenue to travel between Speedway Boulevard and Sixth Street, should use Fourth Avenue or Granada Avenue/Main Avenue as alternate routes.
  • Pedestrians and bicyclists will not be permitted to walk or ride within the work area.

The 30-month construction project is scheduled for completion in early 2023. The schedule is subject to change due to inclement weather or unforeseen circumstances.

The Regional Transportation Authority, a political subdivision of the state and independently governed, has invested more than $1.2 billion in transportation projects and services to improve mobility, safety, economic vitality and quality of life in the region. The RTA collects a half-cent excise (sales) tax from its special taxing district within Pima County to fund its 20-year regional transportation plan. The plan and tax were approved by voters in May 2006. The Downtown Links project is part of the RTA plan and is managed by the City of Tucson. For more information, visit RTAmobility.com.

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