Utah County mulls Elk Ridge Drive/I-15 link via Salem

(Daily Herald) It didn't take a Gallup poll to gauge the inclination of Salem residents in regard to a future extension of Elk Ridge Drive to Interstate 15 at Wednesday's work session.

Utah County officials outlined basic route options that would pass through Salem to link the road's northern terminal, at State Road 198, to State Road 164 to the north, which would feed into I-15. Nearly every resident in the room opted for a route as far west as possible, some more passionately than others.

It was an echo of a similar November meeting when county representatives first proposed a route that would jog east from Elk Ridge Drive over to Beet Road before heading north to S.R. 164. That option is still on the table, but it's as unpopular as ever.

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