The intersection at Ranger Road and Brewer Road will undergo construction to accommodate the increased traffic in that area and the city of Sedona’s upcoming transit hub.
“Our intent with this project currently will be to rebuild the intersection into the configuration that we need,” said Andy Dickey, Sedona assistant city manager and director of Public Works. “And this will include a transition into this driveway [on 65 Brewer Road]. It would not currently include building that connection all the way up the full 500 feet [through to 89A].”
So far the city is looking at three different solutions for the intersection. These include a five-legged roundabout, a four-legged roundabout, or a four-way with a signal.
The project will include reconstructing and updating Ranger Road that connects right off of the ‘Y” roundabout. The intersection will eventually connect to the transit hub located behind the Coldwell Banker building via the extension road that will be built over the existing driveway through 65 Brewer Road.
Sedona City Council approved a $288,936 contract with the Kimley-Horn Prescott office, an engineering consultant. This is $50,000 less for the project than budgeted by the city for the 2022 fiscal year.
“We have a future project that will look further north … it will look at the access point from 89A to the [Sedona Posse Grounds] Hub site,” Dickey said. “And it will coordinate with our Forest Road extension that is currently designed, which is anticipated to connect to 89A at about the same point. So these two connections [transit hub and Forest Road extension] are anticipated to come into the highway at the same location.”
The Forest Road extension will run adjacent to the transit hub on 89A and connect to the northern part of Forest Road that leads into Uptown. That project will be discussed further with City Council in the future before being approved.
The city bought the parcel which will hold the transit hub location behind the Coldwell Banker building in September 2020. The other two parcels that will be used for the Brewer Road project have also been bought by the city more recently.
According to Dickey, the work on the Ranger Road and Brewer Road intersection will be needed in supporting the transit hub in the upcoming months.
The Developing and Planning team is also looking at possibly extending from Tlaquepaque to create a secondary exit from the existing parking lot and connecting to this intersection. Since the plans are not finalized with how many connections will go into the intersection, continued discussion will be brought before council.
There will be a public information meeting before the final draft will be presented to council with the intention of sharing the different alternative routes that the committee has drafted.
