(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Transportation is nearing partial completion of a project to make freeway lanes easier to see. Crews are adding wider, higher-contrast markings commonly called zebra striping on selected corridors. UDOT says the work is intended to improve visibility at night and in […]
(Spanish Fork Canyon, UT) — Roadwork is ramping up in Spanish Fork Canyon. The Utah Department of Transportation says crews are starting major improvements along a four-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 6. Plans include installing more than two dozen overhead lights and widening the highway from two lanes to four […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Overall traffic deaths in Utah fell in 2025, reaching the lowest level since 2019, but teen fatalities nearly doubled. Preliminary data released yesterday by the Utah Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Safety show 264 people died on Utah roads last year, down […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah drivers planning to hit the road during the holiday weekend should be prepared for possible travel delays. The Utah Department of Transportation says I-15 in Salt Lake County could see delays of up to 30 minutes between noon and 8 p.m. tomorrow. I-15 in […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Motorcycle-related fatalities on Utah roads have reached a new high. The Utah Department of Transportation and Department of Public Safety released preliminary data for 2024. According to UDOT, 53 motorcyclists died. That’s a 15-year high. Most were single-vehicle crashes involving single riders, often attributed to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State transportation crews continue to work round the clock to keep Utah highways clear. In the last two weeks, trucks plowed more than 200-thousand miles, logging in excess of 12-thousand work hours. UDOT officials say considering that the distance to the moon is just under […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah and its department of transportation are set to receive more than three-million federal dollars to update its electric vehicle charging network. Utah is one of 24 grant recipients to benefit from the Biden administration’s commitment to improving electric vehicle infrastructure. UDOT says the grant […]
(Farmington, UT) — Utah transportation officials are urging drivers to slow down in work zones. The Department of Transportation says more cars are traveling at “excessive speeds” through work zones every night. The Utah Highway Patrol Major said drivers are putting construction crews at risk because they’re working close to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Thousands of unlicensed Utah drivers are raising safety concerns for all road users. The Utah Highway Patrol says it has cited more than 21 thousand drivers for either not having a valid driver’s license or never obtaining one at all since 2020. The director of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Transportation says the ongoing winter storm will make it very difficult to drive in some areas over the next two days. UDOT announced the overnight closure of Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon yesterday to conduct avalanche mitigation due to the storm. […]
