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Bonneville County weighs converting 1st Street to five lanes as cost and right‑of‑way questions loom
Summary
County staff recommended prioritizing near‑ready road projects and asked commissioners whether to redesign 1st Street from a 3‑lane to a 5‑lane cross section; staff cited $4.6 million for the 3‑lane option and two 5‑lane estimates near $9.5 million and $11.3 million and warned of additional right‑of‑way and railroad‑crossing costs.
Speaker 4, an unidentified county staff member, told commissioners the county has several road projects already in design and that 1st Street (from Road to 45th East) is a near‑term candidate to advance. He said the project is currently entering right‑of‑way acquisition for a three‑lane design but that engineering could be revised back to a previously prepared five‑lane design.
“Right now, that project is just starting the right of way acquisition for the 3 lane,” Speaker 4 said, adding that the 3‑lane budget is roughly $4,600,000 and that two five‑lane cost estimates had been explored at about $9,500,000 and $11,300,000. He…
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