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ADOT Getting Ready to Close 11 MVD Offices
PHOENIX (AP) — Layoffs have begun as the Arizona Department of Transportation gets ready to close 11 Motor Vehicle Division offices on Feb. 12.
The closures are part of an agency-wide effort to balance a $100 million budget deficit tied to the state’s fiscal crisis.
MVD offices to close include ones in Ajo, Benson, Bisbee, central [...]
URGENT: Governor Brewer Declares State of Emergency for All of Arizona
PHOENIX (NAZ Today)– Earlier this evening, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer issued a State of Emergency which is in effect for the entire state of Arizona.
As part of the Declaration, the state Emergency Operations Center was activated at 5 pm this evening. This center, manned by several state agencies and headed by the Arizona Department of [...]
DPS Sets Up Command Post To Help Coordinate During This Week’s Storms
*This story first appeared Monday, 1/18*
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– The threat of several feet of snow this week has prompted the Department of Public Safety to set up a command post in Flagstaff.
After working with a “skeleton crew” earlier this morning, a full shift’s worth of DPS officers were on duty by the afternoon hours in [...]
ADOT Suspends Construction this Weekend
PHOENIX (AP) — Drivers heading out on the highway over the Thanksgiving weekend in Arizona will get a break on road construction.
The Arizona Department of Transportation says crews will take the holiday weekend off.
The restrictions will remain in place until Monday morning.
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Williams MVD Office, 11 Others to Close
WILLIAMS (NAZ Today)– Two northern Arizona Motor Vehicle Division offices are on the list of offices that the Arizona Department of Transportation says will close in the near future.
The Williams and Fredonia offices are on the list, along with eight other rural offices, and two offices in the greater Phoenix area. These represent about 20 [...]
ADOT Reports Serious Impacts Upon Budget Cut
PHOENIX (AP) — By: Paul Davenport – The Arizona Department of Transportation would lay off at least half its staff and close all remaining rest areas and nearly all Motor Vehicle Division field offices if spending cuts are chosen to close a big budget gap, the department said in a new report.
The department has already [...]
Navajo Nation Transportation Meetings
In conjunction with ADOT, the Navajo Department of Transportation is holding two meetings to inform the public about an ongoing transportation project within the Navajo Nation.
The meetings will allow the public to ask questions and learn about the current status of the Navajo Nation Long Range Transportation Plan. The issues to be discussed include the future [...]
