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File #: 24-2872   
Type: Ordinance-S Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 6/18/2025 Final action: 6/18/2025
Title: Intergovernmental Agreements with Maricopa County for the Connected Vehicle Acceleration Zone Project (Ordinance S-52045) - Citywide
District: Citywide

Title

Intergovernmental Agreements with Maricopa County for the Connected Vehicle Acceleration Zone Project (Ordinance S-52045) - Citywide

 

Description

Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into Intergovernmental Agreements (IGA) with Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) to deploy interoperable Connected Vehicle (CV) and Vehicle to Everything (V2X) technologies for a total not to exceed $1,987,000 (City local match). Further request the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. Further request an exemption of the prohibition set forth in Phoenix City Code Section 42-18 for a governmental entity pursuant to Phoenix City Code Section 42-20.

 

Report

Summary

In June 2024, MCDOT was awarded approximately $19.7 million in federal funding under the Saving Lives with Connectivity: Accelerating V2X Deployment Program to advance connected and interoperable vehicle technologies. MCDOT will lead this large-scale deployment of V2X technologies to connect 750 physical and virtual roadside units to an estimated 400 vehicle on-board units targeting transit, emergency and freight fleets. The project will deploy Emergency Vehicle Preemption, Vulnerable User Road Detection, Transit Signal Priority, and Freight Signal Priority applications in the Cities of Phoenix, Tolleson, Avondale, and unincorporated Maricopa County, as well as along US 60.

 

In association with MCDOT, the Street Transportation Department (Streets) is participating in this federally funded multi-jurisdictional project to install up to 650 roadside and virtual units at signalized intersections throughout the City. Streets will own, operate, and maintain the equipment installed upon completion of the project. The Fire Department is also participating in this project to install up to 230 on-board units on emergency vehicles. The Street Transportation and Fire departments will enter into separate IGAs with MCDOT.

 

Contract Term

The term of the IGAs will begin on or around July 1, 2025, and shall extend for a period of five years during the post-deployment phase.

 

 

 

Financial Impact

The total estimated project cost is $27.45 million with approximately $19.7 million of federal funding. The City of Phoenix local match contribution is $1.987 million and is available in the Street Transportation Department's Capital Improvement Program. The remaining $5.763 million local match requirement will be funded by Maricopa County, Tolleson and Avondale.

 

Department

Responsible Department

This item is submitted by Assistant City Managers Inger Erickson and Lori Bays and the Street Transportation and Fire departments.