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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

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.

Centerville, others agree on trail upkeep

CENTERVILLE — The city has officially spelled out the responsibilities of the Utah Department of Transportation and itself when it comes to the Legacy Parkway Trail maintenance.

Utah sees continued decline in traffic fatalities

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.

Bountiful thanks many who volunteered

BOUNTIFUL -- City leaders are making an earnest effort to recognize and thank people, organizations, companies and communities that helped the city following a Dec. 1 windstorm.

During Tuesday's council meeting, Mayor Joe Johnson and council members recognized with plaques at least 20 groups that pitched in to help the community after the windstorm. Salt Lake City, Woods Cross and Utah Department of Transportation were among the honored.

Report: State needs more funds to complete needed roadwork

LAYTON -- A lot of work needs to be completed during the next 30 years for Utah's transportation system to stay viable.

But early projections show that the state will be billions of dollars short.

(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) A crew from UDOT removes concrete barriers from the Ogden River on Tuesday.

Crews remove concrete barriers from Ogden River

OGDEN -- Temperatures hovered around 15 degrees and the sun remained hidden behind the mountains Tuesday morning as crews worked to remove concrete barriers from the Ogden River.

Work started about 9 a.m., while Weber County sheriff's deputies closed off the stretch of State Road 39 between Mile Marker 9, at the mouth of the Ogden Canyon, and Mile Marker 14, at Pineview Dam, during the project.

Need Utah road information? There's an app for that

LAYTON -- Motorists looking to avoid the next big traffic jam need to look no further than their own cellphone.

Utah Department of Transportation has released a new smartphone app that will allow motorists to get traffic, road conditions and road forecast information on the go.

Three I-15 bridges to be replaced at a cost of $20 million

BOUNTIFUL -- The state plans to replace three bridges along Interstate 15 in Davis County -- but officials say the trick will be doing it with as little impact as possible.

At a Utah Transportation Commission meeting last week, Utah Department of Transportation officials said plans are in the works to perform major bridge deck replacements along I-15 at 500 South in Bountiful and 1500 South and 2600 South in Woods Cross.

UDOT gets few comments on proposal to widen 1800 North

CLINTON -- A study on a state road project that could widen 1800 North in Davis County and create a new interchange on Interstate 15 drew only a few dozen comments from the public.

Only 36 comments were received as part of the 1800 North environmental impact statement alternatives public open house in late August.

Layton city to take over landscaping of parkway, I-15 interchange

LAYTON -- City officials are excited to take responsibility for the long-term landscape maintenance of the area surrounding the Layton Parkway and Interstate 15.

The Layton Parkway interchange opened about a year ago, and the construction of the landscape and irrigation improvements was part of the interchange project.

(The Associated Press)In this photo dated Saturday Oct. 8,2011 released by the Utah Department of Transportation showing a road worker walking along destroyed state Route 14, a scenic road east of Cedar City in southwestern Utah often used by tourists traveling to Bryce Canyon National Park. Utah transportation officials have closed the state highway east of Cedar City after a massive landslide buried part of the roadway in about 100 feet of dirt and rock.

Southern Utah landslide repairs to cost millions

SALT LAKE CITY — Transportation officials say a massive landslide that closed a state highway in southern Utah will take months and millions of dollars to remove.

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FrontRunner pulls away from the Layton station on Friday. In the foreground is the former train depot. Instead of demolishing the building, UDOT will sell it.

UDOT to sell old Layton depot, not demolish it

LAYTON -- When Hal D. Renfro sold the old train depot building, he thought it would be demolished as part of the Layton Parkway project. So he was a bit surprised a week ago when he was driving through Layton and saw the building still standing next to the FrontRunner station.

UDOT: Davis County SR 193 extension to begin in spring

CLEARFIELD -- Davis County's next big road project is set to begin early next year.

The State Road 193 project will likely go out for bid in January, with construction following soon after, said Vic Saunders, spokesman for the Utah Department of Transportation.

"Once a contractor has been selected, we expect work to begin in the spring," he said.

Funding agreement with UDOT gets OK

CENTERVILLE -- The city council officially approved a funding agreement recently with Utah Department of Transportation for improvements on the northeast corner of 1250 West and Parrish Lane.

Map showing the two options being considered for the West Davis corridor.

UDOT tweaks West Davis Corridor options

If the West Davis Corridor does get built, it's going to be a few miles shorter than road officials first thought.

Thanks to a Weber County project recently added to the Wasatch Front Regional Council's long-range plan, the two alternatives for the West Davis Corridor currently being studied by the Utah Department of Transportation will stop at 5500 South in West Haven and 4000 South in Hooper, instead of extending through Weber County all the way to 12th Street as originally planned.

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