A new transit center being built at Metrocenter will be named after a longtime Phoenix council member.For 20 years, Thelda Williams represented District 1, which includes the former Metrocenter Mall. She pushed for the light rail extension from 19th Avenue and Dunlap to Metrocenter at Interstate 17 and Dunlap Avenue.
If you’ve driven Interstate 17 around Peoria and Dunlap avenues, you may have noticed construction around the former Metrocenter Mall. Adding light rail is a key part of revitalizing the area and includes the system's first rail-only bridge over a metro Phoenix freeway.Between the mall’s former entrance and Dillard’s Clearance Center, cars and trucks fill dozens of parking