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Open houses on Grant Road widening project

The task force in charge of planning the widening of Grant Road want your feedback. Attend any of the open houses listed below to have your voice heard.

• Oct. 15 -- Executive Inn and Suites
                  333 W. Drachman St.
                  4 to 8 p.m.
                  This meeting will focus on Grant Road between Oracle and First Avenue
  
• Oct. 16 -- Salpointe Catholice High School
                  1545 E. Copper St. 
                  4 to 8 p.m.
                  This meeting will focus on Grant between First Avenue and Tucson Blvd.
  
• Oct. 18 -- Catalina High School
                  3645 E. Pima St. 
                  Noon to 4 p.m. 
                  Focus on this meeting being on Grant from Tucson Blvd. and Swan
  
• Click over to grantroad.info for more information.
  
  

The following is KOLD News 13's coverage of the proposal when it was released Oct 7, 2008:

Plans to widen Grant Road include demolishing landmark buildings like the Bookman's on Grant and Campbell, according to a proposal released Monday night.

A total of 421 businesses and homes will be affected by the project. Of those 421, 153 will be "full acquisitions" -- purchased by the city at fair market value.

The proposal details plans to widen a five-mile stretch of Grant road along Oracle and Swan to six lanes. Desert friendly landscaping, improved bicycle routes and ramped up transit centers are also planned.