InMaricopa State Route 347 runs through the Gila River Indian Community. Photo by Victor Moreno For several years, the rocky relationship between the Gila River Indian Community and the Arizona Department of Transportation hasn’t done much to advance a solution for the woes on State Route 347. But a letter sent to the Arizona Congressional Delegation earlier this month would appear to indicate the relationship is changing – and that is good news for Maricopans, officials said. Joining Eric J. Anderson, executive director of the Maricopa Association of Governments, in in sending the letter was Stephen Roe Lewis, governor of the Gila River community, and John Halikowski, director of the Arizona Department of Transportation.