If you’ve driven the Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway this week, you’ve likely seen crews installing new corrugated metal fencing along the eastern side of the asphalt, between Plainview and Porter Roads.

It’s part of a planned project to beautify the corridor. In government speak, we’re “enhancing the corridor’s overall appearance,” said the city spokesperson, Monica Williams.

As more apartments and homes pop up along that stretch of road, this fencing keeps the noise and dust to a minimum. Construction crews yesterday were building new towers at the Overland Waterman Butterfield project, the city’s largest apartment complex undertaking to date, which sits about 150 yards off the highway.

The project costs $850,000, and the city has spent 41% of that so far on steel materials and the cost to install the fencing, Williams said.

Maricopa-based LP Steel is the main supplier, which allowed the city to support a local business.

The fence is being installed in phases. We’re in phase one. It will likely be finished after July 1, Williams said.