A proposed 280-mile extension Interstate 11 from Wickenburg to Nogales would skirt the Tohono O’odham community.
Amber Victoria Singer Cronkite News Before Interstate 10 was built, the Tohono O’odham Nation was relatively removed from the rest of southern Arizona.
“I mean, it’s right there, we’re just adjacent to the city of Tucson boundaries,” said Nuñez, whose district includes the historic San Xavier del Bac Mission. Now, members of the Tohono O’odham feel threatened by another federal highway, this one a north-south interstate that would be built adjacent to their community.
In addition to nearby I-10, a major electrical transmission corridor and natural gas line run through the Tohono O’odham Nation. “Phoenix and Las Vegas are really the only destinations in America with … over a million people that have no direct connecting freeway,” he said. “This would help move people. It would help goods and services be transported … and it is critical to a growing state like Arizona.”
In the lawsuit, the groups allege that the Federal Highway Administration failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, Section 4 of the U.S. Department of Transportation Act and the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act of 1958. “They did not consider it as a recreational area, which it is,” he said. “They didn’t consider it as a wildlife refuge, which it is.”
As for the development that the highway would inevitably encourage, Robinson worries how the desert could handle it. The department issues certificates of assured water supply if there’s enough water for 100 years to support development. But not everyone with a certificate has started building. Although he supports multimodal transportation, Price said there’s one crucial reason that it won’t work: money.
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