Wasatch Front study outlines multimodal projects for Power District; council raises stadium, equity and connectivity concerns

A regional transportation study presented to the Salt Lake City Council on Aug. 19 laid out two dozen projects to improve walking, biking, driving and transit access to the Power District along North Temple, including new street connections, a Navajo Street bridge over railroad tracks, extensions of South Temple, a proposed grade-separated undercrossing at 200 South near Salt Lake Central and a mobility hub east of Redwood Road. Ted Dalton, planning manager at the Wasatch Front Regional Council, said the work is intended to inform future project decisions; the council was briefed but was not asked to take action.

The study, led by the Wasatch Front Regional Council with participation from Salt Lake City, UDOT, UTA, the Larry H. Miller Company and State Fairpark, maps projects within about a one-mile radius of the Power District and categorizes them as roadway connectivity, interstate interchange access, UTA operations/infrastructure and active-transportation and Jordan River Trail work. Consultant Brent Crowther described an illustrative list of priority projects, including a Navajo Street extension with a new bridge structure over Union Pacific and Patriot Rail corridors to connect Second South directly into the district, South Temple extensions linking into…