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UDOT outlines highway safety projects and a 100‑mile US‑40 fiber build for the Uinta Basin
Summary
UDOT said a recently completed public‑private highway realignment saved roughly $40 million by using Simplot material moves, described Indian Canyon safety and passing-lane work, and outlined a 100+ mile US‑40 fiber‑optic project to improve broadband and ITS connectivity across the basin.
Larry Montoya, project manager for UDOT Region 3, presented a package of transportation and broadband projects for the Uinta Basin.
Montoya highlighted a public‑private partnership north of Vernal on US‑191 to eliminate hazardous switchbacks. Simplot moved about 10,000,000 cubic yards of material to form the new alignment; UDOT reported the two‑phase construction on…
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