Kathleen Murray

ADOT (The Arizona Department of Transportation) officially began construction to improve the final 15 miles of U.S. 93 south of the By Pass. It is expected to be completed by late 2010 to correspond with the completion of the By Pass. Throughout construction, access will be maintained to the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

The new bridge will span the Colorado River just below the Hoover Dam and sit 900 ft above the river. The bypass is expected to speed travel between Nevada and Arizona, cutting the travel time between Las Vegas and Phoenix to under six hours.

Information on the widening project may be found at www.us93corridor.com. Because of expected construction slow downs, visit http://safetravelusa.com/nv. For more information on the bridge can be found at http://www.hooverdambypass.org/.

For information on buying real estate in the Dolan Springs, Meadview and White Hills Area, please visit www.kingmanrealestate4u.com.

Where are the setbacks on my Kingman AZ property? We are asked this question all the time!

Below is a chart of the required setbacks for the R-1 Residential Single Family designation. SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Accessory buildings and uses (garages, carports, sheds, etc.) are separate from the main structure and use on a property.

Accessory structures must be located to the rear of the front yard setback and must not be closer than four (4) feet to any alley line or rear lot line, and must not be closer to any side lot line than the required side yard.

Please keep in mind that accessory buildings, in the aggregate, may not occupy over l0% of the lot area. Call 928-753-8130 for information before construction.

Setbacks

Zoning	Front	Front-Side (Side Street)	Rear	Side
R-1-6	20	10	15	5
R-1-8	20	15	15	5
R-1-10	20	15	15	5
R-1-20	20	20	20	10
R-1-40	30	30	20	20
R-R	30	30	20	20

Nancy & I visited with the representatives from the Hualapai Mountain Medical Center at the County Fair last weekend! They tell us that they expect to accept the first patient the last quarter of 2009 and it won't be long before the local hiring of support services and staff will begin.

The hospital will offer the following services:

• Emergency Department 24/7
• Heart Services
• Surgery (Inpatient and Outpatient)
• Medical
• Intensive Care
• Cardiopulmonary/Respiratory
• Imaging (CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, X-ray)
• Loboratory
• Nutrition/Dietary
• Pharmacy

The hospital will eventually house 106 beds with a full-service ER with 200,000 sq.ft. currently under construction. For more information check out the hospital website: http://www.hmmcaz.com/

Mardian Ranch will go before the Planning & Zoning Commission to ask for a minor amendment to the General Plan with the hope of changing 616 acres of its planned development from retail/residential to light industrial.

The planned community will include several sections of land covered by solar panels that will provide power to the community. The new plant will also sell power to the Las Vegas, California and Phoenix markets. Spokesman for Mardian Ranch says that 1 section could provide up to a potential of 100 megawatts of power.

Although no start date is set, the company must get approval from the State Corporation Commission to proceed.

The North Star Steel Plant which has been inactive for over five years will be the new home of Nucor Steel who purchased the plant at a cost of $35,000,000 in 2003. Nucor will produce rebar and wire rod starting in second quarter 2009.

Mayor John Salem stated that the plant would initially produce 50 high paying local jobs with more to come as production increases.

Mohave County Deputy Director of Economic Development was quoted: "that this was a big win for the county and Kingman."

Nucor is one of the largest steel producers in the US and currently employs 20,000 nationwide.