UDOT revises 10th West design in Cache Valley

(The Herald Journal) Logan’s biggest pending road project — the widening of 1000 West — has moved closer to construction with the Utah Department of Transportation’s public presentation of revised designs.

Some living along the corridor, which runs between U.S. Highway 91 and 2500 North at Main Street, weren’t satisfied with UDOT’s original plan to build narrower-than-standard lanes and to situate the sidewalk up against the road.

At an open house at Woodruff Elementary School on Wednesday, UDOT engineers presented a new plan including setback sidewalks, landscaped buffers, full shoulders and a frontage road for local traffic.

“It’s the best of both worlds,” said UDOT spokesman Vic Saunders. “It allows full development and gives citizens what they asked for. All in all, everybody is basically getting what they want.”

Starting out, UDOT has aimed to minimize impacts on the neighborhood from 200 South to 600 South by going with a narrow road and not condemning any houses. After hearing from residents that they preferred the wider configuration, along with buffers, UDOT bought 17 houses to make more room.

The job will make 10th West have two lanes in both directions instead of one. A middle turn lane will also be added. The road will handle trucks heading to and from west Logan’s industrial area and serve to get vehicles off Main Street through downtown.

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