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Simplot moved 10 million cubic yards to enable new UDOT corridor, speakers say
Summary
Speakers at a public meeting described a public‑private partnership in which Simplot moved about 10,000,000 cubic yards of material, enabling the Utah Department of Transportation to build a safer highway corridor and pledging post‑construction reclamation.
Speakers at a public meeting described a public‑private partnership that moved roughly 10,000,000 cubic yards of earth to form a new highway corridor, a contribution they said made construction feasible at a lower cost and will allow a safer route through the Flaming Gorge area.
A Simplot representative said the company “moved over 10,000,000 cubic yards, material to form this new highway corridor,” and added that by relocating that quantity of material, “now it’s feasible for for UDOT to come in and say, okay. Now we can construct this highway at a reasonable price and really have a much safer, better highway to to go through here.”
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