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Wednesday, September 28, 2022
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3 crashes in 4 days on 1 block underscore street dangers here BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
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ylvia Charbonneau has been lucky for the 15 years she has lived on the east side of 48th Street just north of Elliot Road. While Ahwatukee residents for at least six years have complained of reckless motorists zooming along the 40 m.p.h. street at freeway speeds, Charbonneau said she hasn’t seen any around her. Her luck ran out on Sept. 18. Three days later, it ran out again. And if you count what happened to her neighbor three doors down on Sept. 18, three
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accidents occurred at or near Charbonneau’s home in a four-day span last week. While no one died or even sustained serious injuries in those three accidents, accumulated they further fueled Ahwatukee residents’ alarm over careless and often lawless motorists creating havoc on their roads. Phoenix City Council earlier this month signed off on a plan to target millions of dollars to address an alarming increase in motor vehicle accidents – including fatal crashes. But the “Road Safety Action Plan: Moving to Vision Zero” doesn’t pay much attention to Ahwatukee. For example, of 42 intersections targeted for
the first five years of the plan because they are part of what the city calls the “High Injury Network,” only one is in Ahwatukee – 48th Street and Chandler Boulevard. The next closest intersection included in that network is 48th Street and Baseline Road. The data presented in the plan covers 20152019, so it doesn’t cover the alarming number of accidents at 17th Avenue and Liberty Lane – which City Council candidate Moses Sanchez of Ahwatukee discussed at an Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce election forum Sept. 13.
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BY ZACH ALVIRA AFN Sports Editor
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Suds galore at Oktoberfests around the region. COMMUNITY...................... 22 BUSINESS .......................... 27 OPINION .............................. 30 SPORTS ............................... 33 GETOUT............................... 38 CLASSIFIEDS ...................... 42
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ate Gill was familiar with the Ahwatukee Bowl before he was hired to take over Desert Vista in January. He knew it was one of the biggest rivalry games in the state. He knew that in its prime, crowds would exceed 10,000 with standing room only. Gill is well aware of what this game means to his players. Mountain Pointe head coach Eric Lauer, who The 26th rendition of the Ahwatukee Bowl between Mountain Pointe and Desert Vista features has been in the game several times as an asa new face leading the Thunder, as Nate Gill was hired last January to take over. Senior linebacker Antonio Delgado has been in his ear about what this game means, while Mountain Pointe coach Eric see BOWL page 11 Lauer and senior running back Jay’len Rushing are well aware. (Dave Minton/AFN Staff Photographer)
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