All the plants in this scene, south of Sinagua Road and west of the Tucson Mountains, could be bulldozed away if Interstate 11 is built along ADOT's proposed route.
The morning after a winter rain south of Sinagua Road in the Arizona Department of Transportation's preferred corridor for Interstate 11 . . . meaning it or an adjacent patch of wild desert will be scraped away as part of the 400 foot wide freeway impact.
Imagine a backhoe knocking over this saguaro because it's too big to transplant. That could happen. This and other giants lie in the 2000' wide corridor somewhere within which the 400 foot wide roadway for Interstate 11 will be carved.
