68th Street - Shea Blvd to Turquoise Ave. - Neighborhood Traffic Management Project

The City of Scottsdale Transportation Department has been working with residents on 68th Street from Shea Boulevard to Turquoise Avenue to address speeding and cut through traffic concerns. Currently, a petition is being circulated by your neighbors to gather signatures to show support of the proposed project plan.

UPDATE - October 2009

Thank you to everyone who has provide great feedback on this project.  Here is the latest information on the project:

• The Transportation Commission approved funding for this project on August 20, 2009. View the presentation to Commission.
• Currently, the project is in the design phase.
• Drainage is our biggest challenge and we are working with several other city departments to coordinate a design for this type of median and get approval from the Stormwater, Streets, Parks and Recreation, and Fire Departments.
• Once the design phase is completed, Transportation staff will work with the neighborhood on the proposed design and ask for comments and feedback.

UPDATE - August 2009

This project is scheduled for possible action at the August Transportation Commission meeting.  You are invited to attend the meeting and provide input on the project.  Please join us on:

Thursday, August 20th
6 p.m.
City Hall Kiva
3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard

If you are unable to attend the meeting, but would like to provide input, please contact Kathryn Kleinschmidt at kkleinschmidt@scottsdaleaz.gov or by calling 480-312-7613.  You can also watch it live on CityCable 11.


The proposed plan consists of six medians and three side islands on 68th Street with a single median island on Beryl Avenue, Turquoise Avenue, and 66th Avenue. These median and side islands will be flush with the existing pavement and approximately 10 feet wide by 50 feet long with landscape. Additionally, a median and speed table are being proposed on Gold Dust Avenue.

Medians and side islands can reduce vehicle speeds by forming S-shaped curves in the street that break up the visual image of a wide, straight road and narrowing the traffic lanes.

To see a map of the proposed plan on 68th Avenue from Shea Boulevard to Turquoise Avenue, click here.

To see a fact sheet about the 68th Street project, click here.

To see an example of a flush median island, click here.

To find out more information about this project or to submit comments please contact Kathryn Kleinschmidt at kkleinschmidt@scottsdaleaz.gov or by calling 480-312-7613.

Please check this web page from time to time for project updates as the project moves forward.