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4-way stop paves way for new signal

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4-way stop paves way for new signal

The intersection of Bowlin and White and Parker roads where a four-way stop was introduced today. (Google)
The intersection of Bowlin and White and Parker roads where a four-way stop was introduced today. (Google)

A four-way stop will impact drivers from today until a more permanent and much more expensive solution is put in place.

Tempe-based Nesbitt Contracting installed the four-way stop this morning at the intersection of West Bowlin and North White and Parker roads.

Stop signs and lane restrictions will remain in place for several months until $1.7 million project is complete.

“The project involves widening the south and east sections of the intersection and installing a traffic signal,” said Quinn Konold, a city spokesperson. “All four directions of traffic will have dedicated left-turn lanes and Bowlin Road westbound will have a continuous right-turn lane.”

The red light eliminates yesterday’s two-way intersection where T-shaped collisions were common. Until this morning, the White and Parker Road crossing was free to travel north-south with no stop signs.

The intersection is one of two that connect the east side of Maricopa to the west and is expected to be completed by Oct. 15, according to a news release. map maintained by the city.

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Elias Weiss earned his journalism degree from the University of Arkansas and first worked for the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He later became editor of the Chatham Star-Tribune, leading the publication to be named the best weekly newspaper in Virginia by the Virginia Press Association in 2019. In 2020 and 2021, the Association awarded him four individual first-place awards in government, current events and headline writing among journalists statewide. After working as an investigative reporter in the Valley for Phoenix New Times and The Daily Beast, Elias joined InMaricopa as editor in June 2023. Elias discusses Arizona politics every Thursday on KFNX/CBS 1100 AM radio in Phoenix, from 4 to 6 p.m. He has been featured on KAWC NPR in Yuma, HBO and GB News.