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UDOT narrows Kimball Junction options to two; public comment open on screening report
Summary
UDOT told the Summit County Council it has dropped the grade-separated alternative and will study two refined alternatives (A and C) further; the agency opened a 30-day comment period on the alternative screening report and plans to publish a draft EIS later this summer and a record of decision by year-end.
Becky Strongness, UDOT project manager for the Kimball Junction environmental impact statement, told the Summit County Council that alternatives A and C will advance for further study while alternative B is being dropped after failing pedestrian-comfort and walk-time screening criteria.
The decision follows in-depth traffic analysis and field survey work that, according to UDOT, tested each option against the project’s purpose and need: reduce vehicle queues on the I-80 off-ramp, improve travel times on State Route 224 and improve pedestrian and bicycle mobility. "Alternative B is not moving forward, and that is because it's not meeting some of the elements of the purpose and need, specifically the pedestrian…
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