City of Ephraim

Amount Appropriated?

$5.0M

FFID tracks stages 1–2 — stages 3–5 vary by agency, assistance type, and earmark structure.

Project Description

This project will build on the success of last year\u2019s project by helping to provide safe east side access to Highway 89 for logging trucks, recreational vehicles, and other traffic traveling on Ephraim Canyon Road. Currently significant traffic \u2013 including logging trucks \u2013 travel an indirect route to the highway and must pass an elementary school, creating a significant safety hazard for students, teachers, and parents. We anticipate a significant increase in logging traffic in the coming years due to additional timber sale harvests, so safety concerns will only increase. In addition, pedestrians and bicyclists using the corridor have no option but to be on the road. Many individuals, including those with low and moderate income, must walk or bicycle on the existing road to shopping, places of worship, and community services and events. This project will help provide a new alignment directly connecting Ephraim Canyon Road to Highway 89 benefitting commerce and citizens alike. The project is estimated to cost $6.5 million to complete, and the City requests $5 million in CPF funding to ensure this project is completed. The City has received two Utah Department of Transportation grants totaling nearly $1.6 million, and the City is prepared to work with partners to meet possible matching requirements.\n\nThis is a good use of taxpayer dollars because it reduces road design related safety hazard for drivers on the road and pedestrians and bicyclists using the corridor. Currently significant traffic \u2013 including logging trucks \u2013 travel an indirect route to the highway and must pass an elementary school, creating a significant safety hazard for students, teachers, and parents.