The Utah Department of Transportation Transportation Commission approved a slate of project additions and funding actions at its final meeting of the year.

The commission approved adding a $3.6 million pavement preservation project on US‑89 between I‑15 and SR‑273 in Farmington to be completed before I‑15 traffic control changes. The commission also approved an additional Transportation Investment Fund allocation to complete the I‑15/5600 South interchange and arterial widening, a project that began construction in 2024 and is nearing 90% complete for the I‑15 portion.

Commissioners approved a new $8 million Transportation Solutions project to finish SR‑252 (10th West) in Logan from 1400 North to 2500 North, restoring a continuous five‑lane section to handle growth and ease congestion. The commission also approved restoring the cross‑section on the U‑111 Herriman Boulevard to South Jordan Parkway project from the temporarily reduced three‑lane build back to the five‑lane section cleared in the environmental document after receiving a very favorable bid (staff said multiple bidders and an adjacent aggregate source produced a bid well under the engineer's estimate).

The commission added an Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) formula program bridge replacement for the Adams Trust structure over the Beaver River south of Adamsville. Staff described the structure as built in 1923, in poor condition, load‑restricted to 15 tons, and not on the Federal Aid Highway System (so no local match required).

Separately, the commission approved an additional award for the South Utah Valley Electric Service District (SESD) West Mountain broadband project to cover unexpected pole replacement costs during fiber deployment. SESD requested approximately $407,000 with a 25% local match to reach more than 1,000 locations in the West Mountain area.

The commission also approved multiple corridor preservation acquisitions to secure future alignments: a property on SR‑73 in Eagle Mountain for a total request of $854,900; a Weber County property (Bessie Marie Peterson Living Trust) for $581,950; and a 4.64‑acre Logan parcel appraised at $7,231,000 (total request $7,448,000).

Motions were made, seconded and carried by voice vote for each action reported on the agenda. Many items were informational only and did not require action, including Utah Trail Network concept estimates, a Pioneer Road abandonment request from Draper City, and department rule reviews.

What’s next: projects added to the programming step will move into design or advertisement according to staff schedules; several items (notably corridor acquisitions and the broadband award) were approved to proceed under the terms presented.

Provenance: action details and votes are recorded in the commission transcript (consent approval SEG 432–461; US‑89 SEG 464–528; I‑15/5600 South SEG 530–584; SR‑252 SEG 585–629; Herriman scope change SEG 631–731; Beaver River bridge SEG 732–776; broadband grant SEG 878–931; corridor preservation acquisitions SEG 986–1233).