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MARCH 8, 2020
City seeks exit from Kyrene Road mess BY KEVIN REAGAN Arizonan Staff Writer
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he city of Chandler is studying potential road improvements for a section of Kyrene Road prone to traffic congestion and accidents. Aztec Engineering Group will be paid $207,000 to examine traffic patterns over the next six months on the portion of Kyrene Road running from Chandler Boulevard to the Loop 202 freeway. This stretch is notorious for backed-up
traffic along the freeway’s off-ramps, said Andrew Goh, the city’s engineer for capital projects. So, this study will consider the feasibility of adding more routes and lanes to this region. “The goal is to solve the congestion issue,” Goh said. Commuters coming to Chandler in the mornings have likely sat in traffic at the Kyrene Road exit, since it’s often the only place for motorists to get off the freeway between the Interstate 10 and Loop 101 in-
Possible serial killer lived strange life here
terchanges. The lack of exits in this area caused a major disruption last October after several motorists tried using an on-ramp to get off the Loop 202 instead of waiting to reach the Kyrene off-ramp. Surveillance cameras captured rows of cars driving in the wrong direction and coming close to hitting oncoming traffic. Aztec’s study will provide at least three improvement alternatives, one of which
see KYRENE page 10
Coming to roost
BY KEVIN REAGAN Arizonan Staff Writer
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he residents of Maplewood Street in central Chandler looked out their windows to find a suspicious man standing in their neighbor’s driveway. He seemed dazed, confused and possibly in need of medical attention. It was March 19, 2016 – two days after the suspicious man was reported missing from a nearby group home specializing in behavioral health. Chandler Police was notified and officers later found the man wandering near Willis Road and Karen Drive. Before he was transported to the hospital, the man was identified as Samuel W. Legg III. His caretakers at the group home were notified Legg was found. They advised Chandler Police Legg’s psychological condition appeared to be “worsening” and he may have to be transferred to another facility. Over the next three years, Chandler Police re-
see KILLER page 18
Time was when ostriches dominated Chandler's Ostrich Festival, but with the city's premier event slated for this coming weekend, the birds are more of a symbol since the fest offers a lot more than these feathered friends, as you will see on page 36. (Arizonan file photo)