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(Courtesy photo) USU wildlife resource research assistant professor Patty Cramer advises UDOT on use of wildlife underpasses and overpasses.

Wildlife crossing structures save lives, hides

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 9:57pm

LOGAN -- If Utah drivers take the high road and wildlife takes the low "road," everyone gets home safely.

Patty Cramer helps design underpasses and overpasses that help prevent collisions between drivers just passing through and the moose, elk, mule deer and smaller animals moving around in their home habitat.

The Utah State University wildland resource research assistant professor determines where underpasses or overpasses are needed based on past collisions and her surveillance footage.

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Clinton seeking funds for road job

Last updated Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 10:55pm

CLINTON -- Already looking ahead to the year 2018, the city has applied for federal funds to improve a one-mile stretch of 3000 West from 1300 North to 2300 North.

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Alternate route saves farmland

Last updated Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 6:38am

SYRACUSE -- The Utah Department of Transportation's changes to one of its final two alternatives for the West Davis Corridor would save nearly 40 acres of prime farmland in Syracuse.

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This structure at the Davis Park Golf Course in the Kaysville area was destroyed in a December windstorm. Davis County seeks federal aid. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

FEMA funding likely for Davis wind damage

Last updated Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 11:32pm

FARMINGTON -- It appears Davis County entities will receive federal aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency because of the damage from the Dec. 1 hurricane-force winds that tore through the area.

Davis County, Davis County Sheriff's Office, Federal Funding, FEMA, Gov. Gary Herbert, UDOT, Utah, Utilities, Windstorm, Featured, Gary Herbert     Read more     Comments
File - In this August 23, 2010 photo 14 Steel crosses line the northbound side of Interstate 15 in Hurricane, Utah Each cross represents a Utah Highway Patrolman that fell in the line of duty. A federal judge is being asked to sign final settlement papers in a lawsuit over the 14 roadside crosses. The papers were submitted to U.S. District Judge David Sam on Friday Jan.13,2012. The agreement calls for the removal of the crosses from Utah's highways and other location by Feb. 26. (AP Photo/Cobb Condie/Salt Lake Tribune, File)

Judge asked to sign final order in highway cross dispute

Last updated Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 10:00am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Final settlement papers in a lawsuit over 14 roadside crosses honoring Utah troopers killed in the line of duty have been submitted to the courts and are awaiting the approval of a federal judge, court records show.

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Final settlement reached over Utah highway crosses

Last updated Sunday, January 15, 2012 - 6:50am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Groups representing Utah state troopers and atheists have reached a final settlement in a lawsuit over 14 roadside crosses honoring troopers killed in the line of duty.

Under the agreement submitted Friday to U.S. District Court Judge David Sam of Salt Lake City, the Utah Highway Patrol Association must remove 10 of the white, 12-foot-tall crosses from public land by Feb. 26 and move them to private property.

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

Last updated Saturday, January 14, 2012 - 10:04pm

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

Last updated Friday, January 13, 2012 - 10:50pm

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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Utah sees continued decline in traffic fatalities

Last updated Friday, January 13, 2012 - 6:22am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Traffic fatalities in Utah haven't been this low in nearly four decades, but transportation officials still aren't satisfied.

Utah Department of Transportation and Utah Highway Patrol released yearly traffic fatality statistics Thursday; 233 people died on state roads during 2011, a 20 percent drop since 2006.

In 2010, the state had 235 traffic fatalities.

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Federal transportation video highlights Utah's I-15 project

Last updated Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 9:08am

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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Legislative three-card Monte: Roads win, everyone else loses

Last updated Monday, January 9, 2012 - 11:56pm

We ran a scary story last week about how much highways are going to cost Utah over the next 30 years. The tab is $69 billion, a chunk of that just in the Top of Utah.

Education, Business, City Government, Employment, Federal Funding, Gas, Gas Prices, Gasoline, Gov. Gary Herbert, Higher Education, Highways, Huntsman, Jobs, Jon Huntsman, Mass transit, Ogden Trolley, Roads, Sales Tax, Staff column, Stimulus, Streetcar, Streetcars, Transportation, U.S. 89, UDOT, Utah, Utah Department of Transportation, Utah Legislature, Utah Senate, Wasatch Rambler, Gary Herbert, Interstate 15     Read more     Comments

Roadwork light in Top of Utah in 2011

Last updated Friday, December 30, 2011 - 10:59pm

LAYTON -- After a year of road construction, the Top of Utah's transportation landscape hasn't changed all that much, but 2011 marked the beginning of several major projects.

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Kaysville, Farmington disagree on corridor interchange but UDOT to consider regional impact

Last updated Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 6:49am

FARMINGTON -- While two neighboring cities continue to disagree on where a large interchange should be built for the West Davis Corridor, the Utah Department of Transportation is weighing the cost of each option.

Construction, Road Construction, Roads, Traffic, Transportation, UDOT, Utah, Utah Department of Transportation, West Davis Corridor, Interstate 15     Read more     Comments

New snow fencing installed on Utah County highway

Last updated Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 8:38am

EAGLE MOUNTAIN -- The Utah Department of Transportation is testing a new type of snow fencing along in western Utah County.

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Jay Carnahan stands in front of his State Farm Insurance sign and signs for Interstate 15 in front of his business on 12th Street in Marriott-Slaterville, not far from the Ogden border. Carnahan wants the Utah Department of Transportation to move the signs and streamline the permit-approval process for owners of small businesses. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

Local insurance agent: UDOT obstructs small businesses

Last updated Monday, December 26, 2011 - 11:36pm

MARRIOTT-SLATERVILLE -- The Utah Department of Transportation's red tape is hurting small businesses, one local businessman says.

Jay Carnahan recently opened a State Farm Insurance office at 1294 W. 12th St., near the Ogden border.

Business, City Government, Family, Land development, Roads, Signs, Traffic, Transportation, UDOT, Utah, Utah Department of Transportation, Featured, Insurance     Read more     Comments
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