FAST Act > 5-Year Transportation Bill Approved by Congress + Signed by Obama

The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act, or FAST Act, with the designation of two high priority Arizona transportation corridors in the five-year transportation bill represents a step forward for the planned Interstate 11 and the Sonoran Corridor in Tucson.
A step forward for sure, but no funding - it is the promise of both major projects to deliver a $32 Billion Dollar-boost in Arizona's economy, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation in a press release on 04 December 2015
Never say never Ask When. 

The FAST Act was approved on Friday by the Senate in an 83-16 vote, hours after the House passed it, 359-65.
The bill now goes to Obama. It was signed on 04 December.

Washington is doing something, dear readers!

Interstate 11 receives designation in federal transportation funding bill 
Sonoran Corridor in southern Arizona also gets designation
Interstate 11 received a congressional designation from Phoenix to Las Vegas in 2012 under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act.
The FAST Act designation of Interstate 11, along with the Sonoran Corridor in southern Arizona, does not include funding, but makes the corridors eligible to be funded, along with other high-priority corridors throughout the nation.

Map of proposed Interstate 11 with Arizona and Mexico the first links in the supply-chain.