The freeway was also going to take out a private high school, which has many influential members of the community as alumni. It was not even a necessary freeway

The freeway was also going to take out a private high school, which has many influential members of the community as alumni. It was not even a necessary freeway - parallel to I-10, but only a few miles to the north. I might be wrong about the details (I was a kid at the time), but this page confirms that a freeway in this general area was canceled 'due to neighborhood opposition': https://www.arizonaroads.com/arizona/az50.html https://www.arizonaroads.com/arizona/az50.html