A seven-week repaving project is scheduled to begin Monday, Sept. 14, on Estrella Parkway between McDowell Road and Van Buren Street in Goodyear.
The City of Goodyear said Sept. 10 that crews will mill and overlay the roadway through Nov. 4. Most paving is planned overnight from 6 p.m. to 5 a.m., when drivers should expect the greatest lane restrictions.
The city plans to keep two travel lanes open in each direction during morning and afternoon peak periods. Some daytime lane reductions may occur outside those periods. Goodyear did not announce a full closure of the corridor.
What drivers should expect
The work covers Estrella Parkway from McDowell Road south to Van Buren Street. The corridor serves businesses, neighborhoods and Interstate 10 traffic in central Goodyear.
Goodyear has not published specific intersection or lane-by-lane schedules. Drivers using Estrella Parkway during the evening and early-morning work window should allow extra time and watch for changing traffic control, construction equipment and workers.
Daytime traffic should generally retain two lanes in each direction during the busiest commuting periods. Outside those periods, the number of open lanes may temporarily decrease as crews prepare and complete sections of pavement.
Two inches of pavement will be replaced
The project uses a mill-and-overlay process. Crews will remove the top two inches of deteriorated asphalt and replace it with a new asphalt surface.
According to the city, the work is intended to improve driving conditions, extend the pavement’s useful life and restart the road’s maintenance cycle. Mill-and-overlay projects address surface deterioration without reconstructing the full roadway base.
The published schedule runs from Sept. 14 through Nov. 4, but roadwork dates can change because of weather, equipment or other construction conditions. Goodyear directs residents to its pavement-preservation page for information about this and other city repaving projects.
Featured image: AI-generated editorial illustration by West Valley Post. It represents generic overnight roadwork in an Arizona community and does not depict Estrella Parkway or the actual project.
