Final Version, November 2007 (50 MB)

PURPOSE

Pima County’s Southwest area has been identified by County planners as a potential and strategic growth area. To accommodate population growth, the existing infrastructure must be improved and expanded. The purpose of this Infrastructure Plan is to provide a basis for infrastructure decision-making related to development in the Southwest area. It quantifies the nature, phasing, financial impacts, and funding possibilities for those flood control, parks and recreation, transportation, wastewater infrastructure and other improvements that are necessary to service future saturation growth within the study limits. This fast-tracked plan leverages extensive input from the public, identified stakeholders, numerous Pima County departments and staff, the consulting team of Curtis Lueck & Associates and Stantec Consulting, and subconsultant firm JE Fuller Hydrology & Geomorphology.

PLAN STRUCTURE

The plan includes phased infrastructure plans, estimates of probable cost, and funding analysis outputs. This work will serve to collaboratively develop and evolve an infrastructure planning process suitable for deployment elsewhere in Pima County. The Plan also summarizes readily available data regarding the provision of other services provided by public, quasi-public, and private agencies. This includes those delivered by the County and others such as fire districts, Tucson Water, Tucson Unified School District, and utility providers.