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Intermittent closures scheduled for Loop 202-SanTan Freeway at Lindsay Road on Oct. 4

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By Tom Blodgett |

Intermittent closures lasting up to 15 minutes will be held 6-10 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, on the Loop 202-Santan Freeway at Lindsay Road, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

Drivers are advised to slow down and use caution when driving in the area. It affects both eastbound and westbound traffic.
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The closures are to facilitate a Salt River Project pole relocation. It is an early part of an $18.15 million construction project to build an interchange at Lindsay and the Loop 202.

Construction for the interchange is anticipated to start in January and be completed in November 2021.

Funding is coming from town of Gilbert bonds and funds, Maricopa Association of Government funds aand developer contributions.
Loop 202-Santan Freeway Arizona Department of Transportation
By Tom Blodgett
Raised in Arizona, Tom Blodgett has spent 30 years in journalism in Arizona and is the editor of the Gilbert edition of Community Impact Newspaper. He is a graduate of Arizona State University, where he now serves as an instructional professional in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and editorial adviser to The State Press, the university's independent student media outlet.

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