The eastern segment of the Downtown Links Phase III Improvement Project is nearing completion from the Broadway and Aviation Parkway intersection to Sixth Street and Stone Avenue. The new Maclovio Barraza Parkway includes a new four-lane roadway, streetlights, storm drain enhancements and connections for pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists.

As part of the roadway completion celebration, the weekend of February 11-12 will be a Car-Free Weekend on the new Maclovio Barraza Parkway. You are invited to come out and bike, roll or walk on the new roadway. Join the Department of Transportation and Mobility (DTM) and other local businesses and agencies on Sunday, February 12, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be a bike rodeo, parklet demonstration, mobile bike repair, and more. Parking will not be available on the roadway for this event.

In addition to the Car-Free Weekend, on Friday, February 17, City of Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, The Regional Transportation Authority, Vice Mayor Steve Kozachik, Council Member Lane Santa Cruz, and DTM invite you to commemorate the completion of this new roadway with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

Friday, February 17, 2023
9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Maclovio Barraza Parkway
Enter from Sixth Street just east of Stone Avenue

If you are attending the ribbon cutting celebration, parking will be accessible by entering south onto Maclovio Barraza Parkway from Sixth Street, between Stone Avenue and Sixth Avenue. You can also park in any Park Tucson lot, see map below. Please do not park in business parking lots.

The new Maclovio Barraza Parkway will open to all travel following the event, around noon.

Downtown Links Constructors (DLC), under contract with the City of Tucson DTM, began Phase III of the Downtown Links Project in August of 2020.

Sixth Street remains closed to through travel just west of Stone Avenue, while the DLC continue work at the Union Pacific Railroad tracks to construct a new underpass. Motorists traveling eastbound on Sixth Street west of Stone Avenue will continue to use the Church Avenue detour to bypass this closure. This western segment of the project is anticipated to be completed by late Summer 2024.

The Regional Transportation Authority, a political subdivision of the state and independently governed, has invested more than $1.4 billion in transportation projects and services to improve mobility, safety, economic vitality and quality of life in the region. The RTA collects a half-cent excise (sales) tax from its special taxing district within Pima County to fund its 20-year regional transportation plan. The plan and tax were approved by voters in May 2006. The Downtown Links Improvement Project is part of the RTA plan and is managed by the City of Tucson. For more information, visit www.RTAmobility.com