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North Ogden completes phase 1 of 400 East widening; project included retaining walls, bike lanes and a signalized intersection
Summary
Eric Caspersen, North Ogden City engineer, described the recently completed phase 1 of the 400 East/450 East widening project, its design changes, funding, costs and construction challenges, and said phase 2 is planned to start next spring.
City Engineer Eric Caspersen presented North Ogden’s 400 East (450 East) widening project at the May 28 TransCom technical advisory meeting, reviewing design decisions, construction challenges, funding and next steps.
Caspersen said the corridor widening began in 2019 and was completed in a phased approach. Phase 1 widened the roadway between about 2600 North (Washington Boulevard North) and roughly 2975 North. The original right of way was about 102 feet; the project reduced that to about 92 feet to help lower costs. The corridor previously had two 11.5‑foot travel lanes in each direction and a 15‑foot center median; the new cross‑section provides four travel lanes total (two lanes in each direction) with a center turn lane and added sidewalks, curb and gutter and storm drainage.
Caspersen described several construction challenges: steep grades and slope mitigation on the east side required retaining walls, groundwater required careful storm‑drain design, and business and residential access along the corridor required negotiation with affected property owners. He showed before‑and‑after photos of cut and retaining walls and said one intersection realignment — where 2850 North meets Alberta Drive — was improved and signalized to improve safety and traffic flow.
On funding, Caspersen said the full four‑phase program originally was estimated just under $14 million. Phase 1 had an initial request for about $4.6 million; UDOT facilitated an exchange of federal funds for nonfederal funds that reduced the project cost by about 10 percent and resulted in approximately $3.9 million in funding for phase 1. Granite Construction was the contractor; the construction period lasted about 15–18 months. He said the low bid was about $3.2 million and the final project cost was roughly $3.8 million when complete.
Caspersen said bike lanes were incorporated on both sides of the corridor; a later comment from a WFRC staff member noted the lane striping was visible in 2024 aerial imagery and already appears in the bikeways dataset. Caspersen said phase 2 of the project is planned to start next spring and will extend the improvements north to about 3100 North with an additional signalized intersection.
During questions, Caspersen said the city prearranged a uniform retaining‑wall and mailbox treatment through negotiation with most affected residents to avoid cost escalation and custom individual designs. He thanked Granite Construction and staff involved with the project.
