One thing that's noticeable are plastic shopping bags; they're caught up in the plants and landscaping. We hope most people just don't dump things out of their vehicles.

It's really proven itself as a durable type of pavement.

The amount of work that still needs to be accomplished leads us to believe that it's more likely that the freeway will open in June.

The neighbors who we hear from have really noticed the difference compared to the concrete freeways that they used to live next to.

The Red Mountain Freeway (Loop 202) is our freeway of choice for the spring season. There's going to be a number of weekends where you're going to need to avoid the area between 52nd Street and Alma School Road.

We feel for the victims of any crash. But the emphasis really needs to be on unsafe driving behavior.