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Draper staff outline sidewalk and road plans; large 2026 project delayed by UDOT coordination
Summary
Public works updated the council on completed pavement and drainage work, a $450,000 estimate to add two sidewalk segments on 700 West, pump-station repairs and a delayed 2026 widening tied to UDOT federal funding. Council authorized staff to pursue updated cost estimates and neighbor outreach.
Draper City's public-works staff gave the council a broad update on roadway and stormwater work and sought direction on near-term sidewalk needs.
Public-works staff described several completed projects this year, including pavement maintenance on South Mountain and 1300 East/Draper Parkway and a storm-drain repair on 700 East. The team flagged Pump Station 3 as needing immediate attention after one pump failed; a contract is in place to add two pumps and electrical and corrosion upgrades to meet state code.
On 700 West, staff said neighbor outreach when the project was first proposed led some residents to oppose full roadway widening. As a stopgap, engineers proposed adding two missing sidewalk sections on the west side to form continuous one-side pedestrian access. Staff presented a combined cost estimate for those two segments of about $450,000 and asked whether the council wanted them pursued in the 2026 work queue.
Council members questioned whether widening might increase speeding and whether traffic counts justified a full widening. Staff responded that speed studies showed perceived speeding but not a measurable speeding problem on the corridor, and cautioned that adding curb, gutter and sidewalk still requires right-of-way and irrigation coordination and can increase costs.
A larger curve-relocation/widening project that staff had planned for 2026 is being deferred because UDOT will widen 12300 concurrently and the two projects must be coordinated. Staff said that shifting a federally funded project into city construction increases compliance costs (Davis-Bacon, Buy America, environmental reviews) and described moving $850,000 in preservation funds and reallocating $3 million previously tied to a Pioneer project to support local construction needs.
Council directed staff to pursue the two sidewalk segments for possible inclusion in the 2026 program, to re-engage neighbors and to return with refined cost estimates and right-of-way implications.
