Queen Creek Tribune 061222

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Queen Creek approves $34 million in road, water work BY JOSH ORTEGA Tribune Staff Writer

NEWS................... 14 Chandler dad tells board of son’s suicide.

Sunday, June 12, 2022

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ore than $34 million in road and water system projects are ready to move off the drawing board and into reality in Queen Creek. Queen Creek Council on June 1 approved an increase in the amount necessary for new infrastructure improvements near the intersec-

tion of Ironwood and Germann roads that will cost $25 million. “The timeline is to complete all of the improvements by summer 2024,” town spokeswoman Constance Halonen-Wilson said. The project includes the design and construction of 6 miles of infrastructure around State Land as well as the mammoth parcel the state Land Department recently sold at auction to the American affiliate of a South Korean

lithium battery manufacturing company. The project calls for a new section of Pecos Road from Ironwood to Kenworthy and connecting to a new section of Kenworthy Road from Pecos to Germann, according to town documents. These new sections would have two travel lanes in each direction, bike lanes and side-

see INFRASTRUCTURE page 10

Former Big Apple cops happy in Queen Creek PD

SPORTS................ 22 ALA - Queen Creek ready for bigger arena.

GET OUT.............. 23 QC drummer commemorates late rocker.

COMMUNITY.........................19 BUSINESS...............................21 SPORTS....................................22 GET OUT..................................23 CLASSIFIEDS.........................27

BY JOSH ORTEGA Tribune Staff Writer

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fficers Albert Trotter and Jessica Arrubla know what it means to have each other’s back as partners. They served together with the New York Police Department for the past three years. More than 2,100 miles later, they still serve together on the same shift for the Queen Creek Police Department. At a time when law enforcement faces historic public scrutiny, both wanted to have a positive impact in a place where the community still welcomed police. “Who wouldn’t want to work for a community like that?” Trotter asked.

see PARTNERS page 6

Officers Jessica Arrubla and Albert Trotter served together in the New York Police Department and now serve the Queen Creek police force. (Josh Ortega/Tribune Staff)

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