Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs says she will not direct the state Department of Transportation to scrap a proposal to build an interstate next to Tucson Mountain Park.
The plans are for Interstate 11, which could eventually run from Canada to Mexico.
State officials are looking at plans to place part of I-11 next to Tucson Mountain Park and through the Tucson Mitigation Corridor, which was created in the 1990s to minimize wildlife disruption.
Conservationists filed a lawsuit in 2022 asking a federal judge to stop the building of I-11 or to force the government to use a different path.
An alternative route would run the new interstate along parts of the I-10 and I-19. In an interview with Capitol Media Services, Hobbs said the state has to balance progress with sustainability.
