- Salt Lake City completed the 600/700 North project, the last of several major roadwork projects.
- Future projects will focus on smaller roads due to construction fatigue and SB242 compliance.
- SB242 requires mitigation of bike lane impacts; transportation planners are seeking to repeal ‘complete streets ordinance.’
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s capital city recently wrapped up its 600/700 North project near Rose Park, and it could be the last project of its kind for a while.
Its completion follows projects all across the city since 2020, from a revamp of 200 South downtown to an overhaul of streets and infastructure underneath the heart of Sugar House to many other neighborhoods. Most were funded by a 2018 Salt Lake City bond that has since been spent.
“We did a lot in a very short amount of time, and everyone felt it,” said Lynn Jacobs, Salt Lake City’s transportation director. “We had a lot of construction going on, and there was definitely a lot of construction fatigue that both we and (the Utah Department of Transportation) heard.”…