(Undated) — A number of roads and schools are closed today as the winter storm is making getting around treacherous. The Utah Highway Patrol said troopers had responded to nearly 120 crashes on roads and freeways by 9:30 p.m. last night. The Department of Transportation has issued a road weather […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Transportation is putting all of its road crews on full alert ahead of another big winter storm. A spokesman for UDOT says crews will begin pretreating roads later today as the storm system moves across the Wasatch Front. UDOT expects travel […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Salt Lake City is getting a wrong-way driver detection system. The Utah Department of Transportation will install the new technology at 20 locations on highways across the state, primarily along I-15 in Salt Lake. The system uses lights to alert drivers they’re going the wrong […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State officials say traffic deaths in Utah declined last year, but they are still unhappy with the overall numbers. The Utah Department of Public Safety and the state Department of Transportation announced yesterday that 320 people died on the roads last year. That’s down three-point-six […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah motorists are on track to exceed last month’s total of more than 21-hundred traffic accidents as wintry weather arrived earlier than usual. The Utah Highway Patrol has even had to stop motorists from traveling faster than 90 miles an hour, despite the slick and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Public Safety is asking drivers to fasten their seat belts before they travel during the holiday weekend. The Utah Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies will be conducting enhanced seat belt enforcement through Sunday. The UHP says seat belt use […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Crews are working to make Utah freeways safer. UDOT is finding new technologies so drivers can see those highway lines, especially during a storm. Reflective beads are typically used in either paint or tape strips that get replaced as needed. But now, black and white […]
The Utah Department of Transportation is installing new traffic signals on Richfield Main Street at 100 North and at 300 South. In conjunction with the new signals, fiber-optic cable will also be upgraded along 1300 south from the south interchange in Richfield up to 300 north on Main Street. This will […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Transportation is warning divers to be on the lookout for buckling roads as temperatures reach the triple digits. UDOT says crews had to shut down roads at 114th South near Fifth West Sunday night after a concrete panel on the edge […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A state lawmaker wants to get rid of any political campaign signs that are placed on public property in a way that becomes hazardous. Republican State Senator Mike McKell plans to push legislation that would impose fines on campaigns that place their signs in public […]
