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Officials describe UDOT project to straighten 111 Bachus Highway, add five-lane corridor

February 11, 2026

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Summary

Speakers described a UDOT project to straighten 111 Bachus Highway at the city's north end, creating a five-lane roadway intended to connect toward 7300 West and Main Street; another connecting project and an approximate 18‑month construction timeline were mentioned.

Unidentified Speaker 1 (role not specified) described a Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) project to "straighten out 111 Bachus Highway" on the north end of the city and envisioned the road ultimately connecting to 7300 West and Main Street. "They're gonna straighten out 111 Bachus Highway," the speaker said, adding the work is intended to support growth on the West Side.

The speaker said the corridor would be built as five lanes — "5 lanes, you know, 2 each direction in a turn lane" — and noted a separate, concurrent project would connect a segment the speaker referred to as "Hundred 26" down to Main Street. "This is the UDOT project is from 120 sixth up to there," the speaker said, using the phrasing in the record about project limits.

Unidentified Speaker 2 (role not specified) thanked the state legislature and UDOT "for prioritizing this" and said construction would take roughly 18 months, if remembered correctly: "it's gonna be a while before it's done, if I remember right, about an 18 month bill before." The speaker characterized the start of work as "really exciting."

There was no formal vote or final action recorded in the provided transcript excerpt. The remarks in the record frame the straightening and the companion connector as capacity improvements intended to accommodate growth; concerns about growth were acknowledged but not resolved during the discussion. Additional specifics about exact project limits, funding amounts, permitting timelines, right-of-way acquisitions, or construction start dates were not provided in the transcript and therefore are not specified.

Next steps were not stated in the excerpt: the transcript records descriptive remarks about the projects and an estimated construction timeline but does not record a formal approval, funding ordinance, contract award, or assignment of staff follow-up within the excerpt provided.