Traverse Ridge Road Closure

Traverse Ridge Road repairs.

The Council approved a $1.2 million contract with Geneva Rock to repair Traverse Ridge Road from the four-way intersection in SunCrest to its end at Eagle Crest Drive.

Half of the money comes from the recent $11 million state allocation for road improvements in Salt Lake County; the other half comes from Utah County, which had agreed from the outset to be responsible for half of the costs of maintaining that section of the road.

The roadwork involves tearing out the asphalt surface and the first 33 inches of subgrade material and then replacing both, along with the existing sidewalk and gutter.

The work will begin next week from the Eagle Crest end and progress in stages, blocking the road a section at a time, with completion anticipated in mid-September. Local access to The Cove will be preserved, although it will be over dirt for a time.

Apparently, access to the market from Traverse Ridge Road will be blocked for a time as well; it will be necessary to approach the market from Deer Ridge Road through the Visitor’s Center parking lot until that section of the reconstruction work is completed.

Submitted by Scott Blackmer.