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Arizona to present study on I-15 Virgin River bridges

Last updated Friday, May 18, 2012 - 6:48am

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Arizona Department of Transportation is hosting a public meeting in northern Arizona next Wednesday night on the Interstate 15 and Virgin River bridges feasibility study.

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Utah road blocked by landslide to re-open early

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 1:38pm

CEDAR CITY -- Utah transportation officials say they're ahead of schedule to open a portion of a southern Utah highway that's been blocked since a massive landslide last fall.

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A sunken area of Washington Blvd. during repaving work shut the street down temporarily Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

Sinkhole closes Washington Blvd. in Ogden

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 12:38pm

OGDEN — The Utah Department of Transportation closed a portion of Washington Boulevard for the next two days.

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Farmington repays $1.9 million bond in just three years

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 10:39pm

FARMINGTON — City leaders will be true to their word in paying off a $1.9 million bond used to build a new road within three years. The bond helped the city finance building Station Park Way.

City Manager Dave Millheim recently outlined plans to pay off a 2009 bond package, just three years after the city bonded to build what was then dubbed as the “road to the north,” linking Station Park and Park Lane Village to the rest of the city.

The early payoff is due to a $1,768,754 payment the city received from CenterCal, which is developing Station Park.

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Construction zones dangerous for drivers, work crews

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 5:48am

OGDEN — With more than 200 active construction zones expected this year, the Utah Department of Transportation wants motorists to watch out for the workers.

A new highway work zone study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America revealed that 68 percent of the nation’s highway contractors had motor vehicles crash into their construction work zones during the past year.

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$11.6M awarded to improve I-15 in Arizona Strip

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 6:21am

BEAVER DAM, Ariz. -- An $11.6 million contract has been awarded to repave a remote section of Interstate 15 through the Virgin River Gorge.

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The Utah Department of Transportation is currently conducting an environmental study on a project that would add express lanes on Interstate 15, from I-215 in North Salt Lake to U.S. 89 in Farmington, and from Hill Field Road in Layton to the junction with I-84 in Riverdale.

Express lanes planned for I-15 in Davis, Weber

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 9:58am

RIVERDALE — The state is making more room for carpoolers.

The Utah Department of Transportation is currently conducting an environmental study on a project that would add express lanes on Interstate 15, from I-215 in North Salt Lake to U.S. 89 in Farmington, and from Hill Field Road in Layton to the junction with I-84 in Riverdale.

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5 projects in Davis, Weber receive federal road funds

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 7:28am

CLEARFIELD — After a contentious meeting Wednesday, the Wasatch Front Regional Council has decided how to spend more than $10 million in federal money on local road projects.

The council decided to split about $10.2 million of federal funds from the Surface Transportation Program among five road projects in Weber and Davis counties.

Representatives from every Top of Utah city submitted projects to be considered for funding.

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Interstate 15 work set to begin Sunday between Clearfield, Roy

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 23, 2012 - 10:30pm

Work is set to begin Sunday on a new northbound lane on Interstate 15 between 650 North in Clearfield and 5600 South in Roy.

Crews will work from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. each day, Sunday through Friday, and possibly on some Saturdays.

Work on the shoulder, which is already under way, will continue until the project is completed, likely by summer.

The Utah Department of Transportation advises drivers to take U.S. 89 to westbound Interstate 84 and return to I-15 in Riverdale or take 1900 West at Clearfield and return to I-15 at Hinckley Drive.

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Staker Parson, of Ogden, has won the bid to repave Antelope Island causeway, seen here in 2003. The island road is popular with cyclists. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

Staker Parson to repave Antelope Island causeway

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 6:44pm

FARMINGTON — Using a philosophy of spending more now to save costs down the road, the Davis County Commission will pay more than $1.1 million to have a 2-inch asphalt overlay added to the surface of the Antelope Island causeway.

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$4.9 million project to replace deteriorated pavement on I-15

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 7:55am

RIVERDALE -- Interstate 15 figures to be a busy place this spring, as the state is set to begin the second of two large projects on the road this week.

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I-15 road construction to start

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, February 20, 2012 - 9:08pm

ROY — The year’s first big road project is scheduled to begin this week on Interstate 15.

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UDOT purchases two more properties for U.S. 89 expansion

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, January 14, 2012 - 11:04pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- The state is continuing its planned expansion of Highway 89 through Davis County at a furious pace, acquiring two more properties along the road on Friday.

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End of road project helps fund another

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 13, 2012 - 11:50pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A finished road project in Weber County has provided funds to a project farther north.

The Utah Transportation Commission approved a funding transfer Friday that sent $3.2 million in funds left ov

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Federal transportation video highlights Utah's I-15 project

Contributed Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 10:08am

WASHINGTON - A new Transportation TV video released today by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Innovation in Motion, Utah DOT's I-15 CORE Project, showcases the Utah Department of Transportation's cutting-edge solutions to deliver a 24-mile, $1.725 billion interstate improvement faster, safer, and cheaper.

The video highlights four key innovative solutions being used by UDOT beginning with Fixed-Price, Best-Design, Procurement, a method of conducting the competitive bid process for a highway construction project based on a fixed price and other

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