Utah

Tue April 10, 2018

UDOT Begins Construction Work on New I-80 Truck Lane

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) began construction on I-80 west of Park City on April 2. Crews are building a new westbound truck lane between the Jeremy Ranch and Parleys Summit interchange, installing additional wildlife fencing and building a wildlife crossing over I-80 just west of Parleys Summit....

Tue April 10, 2018

DDI Work Begins

Beginning Feb. 22, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) began a major project to improve operations at I-215 and Redwood Road in North Salt Lake City by building a Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI)....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 10, 2018

Legislature Passes Bill, OKs Projects

A massive 222-page transportation bill passed by the Utah Legislature this spring will likely see future highway projects impacting both transit and infrastructure get the green light for funding more quickly than those projects not intermodal....

Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 10, 2018

UDOT Reveals $1.46B in Projects for 2018

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) recently announced its list of Top 10 construction projects for 2018, which include 188 highway construction projects scheduled across the state with a combined value of $1.46 billion, said spokesman Zach Whitney....

Tue March 13, 2018

Petroteq Completes Major Process Systems at Facility

Petroteq Energy Inc., a company focused on the development and implementation of proprietary technologies for the energy industry, has successfully completed testing of all major process systems at its heavy oil extraction facility in Asphalt Ridge, Utah....

Tue March 13, 2018

Sterling Wins $18M Project

Sterling Construction Company Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Company LLC (RLW) was selected by the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) to widen the westbound section of I-80 from Jeremy Ranch to Summit Park, Utah....

Tue March 13, 2018

Intermountain Donates $15M to U of U for Med Building

Intermountain Healthcare has donated $15 million to the University of Utah to pay for building a new medical education building. The new building will replace the 52-year-old School of Medicine building on the Salt Lake City campus....

Tue March 13, 2018

Budget Estimate Yields More Than $500M in Extra Revenue

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah lawmakers setting this year's state budget estimate said they will have more than $500 million in surplus tax collections to work with. Legislators released estimates on Feb....

Tue March 13, 2018

Developers Eye 3,300-Acre Master-Planned Community

ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) Developers in southern Utah have unveiled plans for a master-planned community along the Arizona line they say would be one of the largest ever built in the state. The (St. George) Spectrum reports the 3,350-acre Desert Color development would be made up of four main land-use districts with housing, shopping, schools, parks, hiking trails and artificial lakes on the southern edge of St....

Tue March 13, 2018

Feds Approve Expansion of La Sal Mining Complex

Energy Fuels Inc., a producer of uranium in the United States, announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) for the expansion of its 100 percent-owned La Sal Complex of uranium/vanadium mines (the La Sal Complex)....