- Salt Lake City’s 300 West bike path extension will go forward, but faces a small setback because of a state law.
- The path won’t pass Pioneer Park block because of SB195, according to state transportation officials.
- Despite the setback, city transportation officials are optimistic about the project’s impact on bike connectivity.
SALT LAKE CITY — A new bike path near the heart of Salt Lake City’s growth is about to be extended, but it won’t look exactly how city transportation officials first imagined it after a snag with the state.
Construction crews are slated to begin work as early as this week on an extension of a protected bike path along 300 West, adding to a recent project that created the bike lane from 900 South to 2100 South. The extension won’t result in a full reconstruction of the road as was the case with the initial project, but it will help move the trail to 400 South by the end of the year, where it will connect with another pathway also being constructed this year.
“They’re not full reconstructs, and so they don’t seem like a big of a deal, but — from a biking perspective — they’re a huge deal,” Salt Lake City transportation director Jon Larsen told KSL.com…