The plan identifies the North‐South Corridor project as a 36‐mile, limited access, four
lane parkway starting at US 60 in the City of Apache Junction to the north and extending
to the Kortsen Road / Kleck Road alignment in the City of Coolidge to the south. The
project involves the purchase of land to establish a 300‐foot wide right of way corridor
and to maintain the design and construction of the parkway. The estimated cost of this
roadway is approximately $345.6 million. At the time this JLUS was written, this project
was still in the planning stages and no final route has been chosen.
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City of Eloy
The City of Eloy is located in central Pinal County along Interstate 10, approximately
halfway between the cities of Phoenix and Tucson. Eloy’s topography is relatively flat
throughout the majority the Municipal Planning Area, except at its southern boundary
(Picacho Peak State Park and Indian Head Mountain), northwest corner (Casa Grande
Mountains), and along the eastern boundary (Picacho Mountains) where Newman Peak
is located. There are large expanses of desert land and open fields scattered through the
city and Municipal Planning Area that have sparse development used for agriculture and
ranching.
Picacho Peak Stagefield is located southeast of Eloy’s city limits.
General Plan
The City of Eloy General Plan was adopted in January 2011 by resolution number
10‐1224. The City of Eloy General Plan has prepared and adopted a series of major
amendments over the past several years to comprehensively update all eleven (11)
elements of the Plan. The Plan aims to create a forward thinking, culturally diverse, and
sustainable community that creates and preserves parks, open space, trails and open
vistas while providing a variety of employment opportunities, entertainment and
recreational activities, shopping and other commercial or retail services and a variety of
residential opportunities. The plan discusses the following elements in terms of goals,
objectives, policies, and guidelines.
Land Use
Circulation
Growth
Parks, Open Space & Trails
Housing
Environmental Planning
Water Resources
Public Facilities
Downtown Development &
Neighborhood Preservation
Economic Development
Cost of Development
Background Report
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