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Official: UDOT work to improve safety seen in 2012 fatality numbers

Last updated Sunday, January 13, 2013 - 1:31am

OGDEN — Deaths on Utah roads continue to trend downward, a new report shows.

The Utah Department of Transportation and Utah Highway Patrol released yearly traffic fatality statistics this week that show 215 people died on Utah’s roads during 2012, a 42 percent drop since 2000. In 2011, the state had 243 fatalities.

The number of fatalities in Utah hasn’t been this low since 1974, said UDOT Executive Director John Njord.

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Work on I-84 in Weber to slow down traffic

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 8:41pm

RIVERDALE — Interstate 84 in Weber County is going to be a busy place this fall, with a handful of construction projects scheduled this week.

On Tuesday, the Utah Department of Transportation began a project on I-84 — between Riverdale Road and U.S. 89 in Uintah — to replace old safety guardrails, repair concrete joints and place a micro-surface on the interstate’s shoulders.

“Basically, we are just bringing things up to date on the road,” said UDOT Region One spokesman Vic Saunders.

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Ron Burrell helps children cross the new high-intensity crosswalk on U.S. 89 in North Salt Lake on Monday.

Beacon installed to ensure safety of pedestrians crossing U.S. 89 in North Salt Lake

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 16, 2012 - 11:15pm

NORTH SALT LAKE -- A HAWK in the sky is making it safer for Adelaide Elementary School students to walk to school.

At the request of the school and North Salt Lake City, the Utah Department of Transportation recently installed a new High Intensity Activated Crosswalk, or "HAWK," beacon at the intersection of U.S. 89 and 800 West in North Salt Lake.

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Driver injured in Thursday crash on Highway 89

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 13, 2012 - 12:05am

LAYTON -- A driver had to be flown to a hospital Thursday morning after his car ran into the back of parked semitrailer on a rain-slick section of Highway 89 in Layton.

The accident happened about 10:15 a.m. near the off-ramp leading to State Road 193, said Layton Police Lt. Garret Atkin.

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Rain slick roads lead to crash on Hwy. 89

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 1:56pm

LAYTON — A driver had to be flown to a hospital Thursday morning after his car ran into the back of parked semitrailer on a rain slick section on U.S. 89 in Layton.

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Wind spreads flames from burn to orchard

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 11:34pm

PERRY -- Wind spread a controlled burn into orchards at Tagge's Famous Fruit, 3431 S Highway 89, on Wednesday night, sparking several smaller fires.

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Extensive repairs begin on I-15 in Davis County

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 12, 2012 - 7:16pm

NORTH SALT LAKE — A bump in the road will cause some congestion on Interstate 15 for the next few weeks.

The Utah Department of Transportation is performing extensive repairs to the northbound lanes of I-15 in North Salt Lake, near Mile Marker 313.

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Kincaid Garrett, 12, of Colt Elementary School, sets up his project on radiant barrier versus fiberglass insulation at the Davis School District science fair at the Davis Conference Center in Layton on Wednesday. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

Students try to answer real-life questions in Davis science fair

Dana Rimington Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 10:59pm

LAYTON — Selected students enjoyed finding science in everyday aspects of their lives and presenting their results at Davis School District’s science fair Wednesday.

One of the most-viewed projects on display in the Davis Conference Center explored why animals cross the road in certain spots, sometimes leading to their deaths.

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

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 12:56am

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.

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UDOT noise rules likely affect Top of Utah road projects

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, December 12, 2011 - 11:26pm

LAYTON -- Noise levels on state roads will be a little lower in the future.

The Utah Department of Transportation recently revised its noise-abatement regulations, adding new projects that will require noise studies and increasing the minimum noise-reduction levels that must be met for proposed noise walls.

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Northbound traffic begins to stack up on U.S. 89 in Layton.

U.S. 89 carries huge traffic load

Mtich Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, December 4, 2011 - 8:42am

LAYTON -- Early next year, the state will begin a road project to make some minor fixes to U.S. 89, but future plans for the road are anything but minor.

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U.S. 89 project pleases Uintah officials

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 12:07am

UINTAH -- After a few months of negotiation, Uintah city is pleased with a revamped project the state has planned for improvements along U.S. Highway 89.

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Project for U.S. 89 planned for early next year

Mtich Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 9:18am

UINTAH -- A project to make it safer and easier to access U.S. 89 is planned for early next year.

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One California man has died as a result of a crash involving at least 25 vehicles Saturday morning on westbound Interstate 84 near Mountain Green. The accident began when a double-tanker carrying butane gas jack-knifed on a bridge because of icy conditions. Two semis hit that truck, then at least 22 more vehicles, including another semi, hit the first three semis. The man who died was a truck driver who stepped out of his vehicle onto a jersey barrier, then slipped and fell 50 feet onto railroad tracks, officials say. (Courtesy of the Utah Highway Patrol)

Huge crash kills one, closes I-84

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, November 7, 2011 - 7:06am

MOUNTAIN GREEN — Utah Highway Patrol expects to have a busy time reconstructing and investigating a massive Saturday morning accident involving 24 vehicles.

The accidents on westbound Interstate 84, beginning at Mile Marker 90, critically injured three people and led to one man accidentally slipping off a bridge to his death.