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Ahwatukee Foothills (also Ahwatukee) is an urban village of Phoenix. Ahwatukee is the southernmost part of Phoenix and is considered part of the East Valley region of the Phoenix metropolitan area. [4] In 2022, Niche rated Ahwatukee "#1 in Best Neighborhoods to Live in Phoenix". [5]
Ahwatukee Foothills, which is an urban village of the City of Phoenix, is normally considered to be part of the East Valley as well. [ 4 ] Valley Metro defines its East Valley service area for its ADA Paratransit service to include Chandler , Gilbert , Mesa , Tempe , and Scottsdale.
The former 602 area consists of most of the city of Phoenix, with the exception of far northern areas and Ahwatukee. The former 480 area includes the East Valley, including Ahwatukee in the city of Phoenix and some communities in Pinal County such as San Tan Valley. Major cities include Mesa, Chandler, Gilbert, Scottsdale, and Tempe.
The construction phase divided it into two distinct segments: the "eastern segment" that straddles the Ahwatukee-GRIC border and the "western segment" that parallels 59th Avenue through Laveen. Together, these segments form a 21.9-mile (35.2 km) bypass around Downtown Phoenix, linking the metropolitan area's southwestern and southeastern suburbs
Elliot Road begins at 44th Street in the Ahwatukee urban village of the city of Phoenix. The road loops southwest as Elliot Warner Loop, which curves counterclockwise to Warner Road, which parallels Elliot Road 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south.
There was significant local opposition in the 1960s and 1970s to expansion of the freeway system. [4] Because of this, by the time public opinion began to favor freeway expansion in the 1980s and 1990s, Phoenix freeways had to be funded primarily by local sales tax dollars rather than diminishing sources of federal money; newer freeways were, and continue to be, given state route designations ...
South Mountain separates the community of Ahwatukee from the rest of the city. Aerial view of Ahwatukee neighborhoods and the South Mountains According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 517.9 sq mi (1,341 km 2 ), of which 516.7 sq mi (1,338 km 2 ) is land and 1.2 sq mi (3.1 km 2 ), or 0.2%, is water.
This version of the 5th covered all of Tempe and Scottsdale and portions of Chandler, Mesa and the Ahwatukee section of Phoenix. Although Republicans outnumbered Democrats by about 40,000 voters, the 5th district was considered far less conservative than other suburban Phoenix districts.