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Provo East District public works update: sidewalks, State Street trail and Buckley Draw repairs
Summary
Public Works director Shane outlined six East District projects: CDBG-funded sidewalk and ADA ramp work starting in June, sidewalk completion near 900 S/900 E, annual crack sealing across the east bench, State Street trail completion with county/UDOT funds, and Buckley Draw debris-channel repairs expected to finish grading and erosion protection by end of May.
Shane, the Provo public works division director, presented a multi-project update for the East District, including federally funded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) work, sidewalk repairs, routine pavement maintenance and a multi-agency trail completion.
Shane said the city received about $180,000 in CDBG funds to complete safe-route-to-school improvements near a neighborhood school this summer, focusing on ADA ramps, curb and driveway repairs. “We received about 180,000…as part of the CDBG funding…this will be starting in June,” he said.
He described sidewalk infill on the east side of 900 S/900 E, an annual crack-seal program wrapping up in May across the east bench (including Slate Canyon and Seven Peaks areas), and the State Street trail segment finishing work funded by UDOT, county and city dollars with contractor Geneva Rock mobilizing soon.
On Buckley Draw, Shane described recent progress on a debris channel project delayed by utility pole relocations; Rocky Mountain Power prefabricated replacement poles and the contractor has been completing channel grading and lining. “By the end of May, that channel should be…complete,” Shane said, and city crews will install a large conveyance pipe under Slate Canyon Road later this summer and a temporary debris basin at the park property until a permanent basin can be built with future park work.
Residents asked whether the channel will be safe and accessible for neighborhood trail users; Shane said the channel will be vegetated and passable as a large swell and that the channel’s primary function is post-fire debris protection. For more detailed project schedules, staff encouraged residents to contact the public-works office and watch construction notices and site mobilizations in the coming weeks.
