Lehi project to ease Main Street congestion

LEHI (Deseret News) — There's no such thing as a mad dash out of Lehi, Saratoga Springs or Eagle Mountain.

When people in those areas want to escape to I-15, there's only one way out: Lehi Main Street, a one-lane road in each direction that promises stop-and-go traffic at any time of the day, except maybe 3 a.m.

Perhaps that's why the crowd Wednesday at the Lehi Legacy Recreation Center was fairly easy on Utah Department of Transportation employees who were trying to explain to them the three-mile project at 2100 North to connect Redwood Road and I-15 at 1200 West that will bring construction, dust and detours.

With construction slated to begin in December and finish in fall 2011, the $130 million project is actually part of the Mountain View Corridor, a new road in western Salt Lake and Utah counties that planners envision as a freeway. Some day, provided enough money and need, planners hope it will span from I-80 to the Lehi Main Street exit, said Dave Smith, UDOT spokesman.

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