$930 million Loop 303 expansion in Surprise likely to begin this year

Surprise's future retail projects remain stuck in the recessionary mud, but the freeway that will deliver people to those future developments is moving ahead with due speed. Later this month, planners expect the final piece to drop into the puzzle of federal, state and local approval needed for work to begin on an expanded Loop 303 from Interstate 10 to Grand Avenue. The Arizona Department of Transportation designed the updated freeway, still just a two-lane roadway for long stretches, to serve as an outer loop that will better connect the outskirts of the West Valley with the region. Surprise views a fully functioning Loop 303 as essential for its growth from a small bedroom community to a city with jobs, entertainment and shopping of its own. Several projects are on the books, including the master-planned Prasada development, which will be anchored by a Westcor regional mall straddling the Loop 303 between Waddell and Cactus roads.

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