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Show The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Saturday,July 20, 1996 B4 Road Construction to Delay Traffic the Jordan River area. Crews are working in the south- system, and new shoulders. Use caution and Janes from5 a.m.until 2:30 p.m. between 3500 and 4700 South. Work takes place in the northbound lanes from 10 a.m. to7 p.m. between Redwood Road and 3500 sible; alternate routes are recommended. Expected Com- mainly along the Wasatch Front and on major highways throughout the state. UDOT urges all motorists to use alternate routes when possible or drive cautiously South on Monday through Friday, and 5 a.m. until dark 8000 South on Saturday and Sunday. Lanerestrictions will be in place during these hours, Expected Completion: August STATE STREET to 700 EAST: Workers have completed the box culvert are building the north side of the WASATCH FRONT Bridge Deck Repairs 1996. SR 201 (2100 South) 4000 WEST TO 6000 WEST: Concrete joint repair work continues on state Road 201 from 4000 West to 6000 West. One westboundlane is closed daily between 6 a.m.and 3:30 p.m. Watch for signs andbarricades; mod- State Street to ‘Traffic to 9400 South at 150 East. Southbound State Street is reduced to one lane 24 hours a day, northbound is open to two lanes. Work will continue throughout the summer 24 hours a pected completion: August 1996. 1-80 LAMBS CANYON to KIMBALL JUNCTION: Minor with tie new four-lane and Here is a list of Utah Departmentof Transportation construction projects for today through Friday. These roadrepairs will cause some traffic disruption this week, through all work zones. I-15 and I-80: Bridge deck repairs continue this week- endonI-15 and I-80 in Salt Lake City. The project includes the repairof 24 bridges on northboundand southbound I-15 between 200 South and 2250 South, and eastbound and westbound 1-80 between 300 West and 2700 East. Bridges to be repaired today through Mondayinclude eastbound 1-80 at 2000 East, 2300 East and 2700 East, Work will end by noon Monday. this evening, ‘eastbound I-80 will be closed as crews begin repairing the 2700 East structure, which is narrow. Motorists will be detoured along 1-215 to 3300 South. Expected comple- tion: September1996. 1-15 Corridor Project 10800 SOUTH-600 NORTH: Preparation work contin- ues on the 16 mile I-15 corridor reconstruction project. Laneclosures and/or shoulder work maytake place this weekat several locations throughoutthe corridor. 1-15 CENTERVILLE TO FARMINGTON: Joint repair and concreteslab rehabilitation is almost compiete on I- 15 between Centerville and Farmington. Theinside lane on southbound I-15 will be closed this weekend until to 5 a.m, Monday. Watch for signs and barricades; minor delays may oceur. Expected completion:July 1996. 1-15 BETWEEN LAYTON AND CLEARFIELD: Pot- erate delays are possible during peak daytime hours. Ex- lanerestrictions are in place on 1-80 from Lambs Canyon to Kimball Junction. Traffic is reduced to two lanes with narrow shoulders in some spots. Crews are working Mondaythrough Saturday6 a.m.- 8 p.m. The speed limit is reduced to 55 mph 24 hours a day in the workzone,and the Utah Highway Patrol :ie ing it. Expect delays through the area. Bicyc! near the project is not recommended due to limited road access. Cyclists are encouraged to exit at East Canyon. Use caution and watch forsigns and barricades. Expect- ed completion: October 1996. 2000 East 9400 SOUTH TO CREEK ROAD: reconstruction project on 2000 East from 9400 South to Creek Road continues. Thefirst phaseconsists of noise wall place- hole and concrete repair continues on I-15 betweenSouth ed completion: Spring 1997. Layton and state Road 193. Two lanes are open northbound and southboundduring peak hours (6-9 a.m. & 3-6 p.m.) and only one lane open during nonpeak hours (9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.) SouthboundI-15 is reduced to one lane daily between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m, Northbound I-15 has two lanes open, using the outside Winchester Street (6400 South) 700 EASTto 900 EAST:Crews continue reconstruction on Winchester Street between 700 East and 900 East. ‘Trafficis now open to two lanes each direction Crews are Kaysville. Motorists may encountersignificant delays, especially during daytime hours. Alternate routes include U.S. 89 and state Road 126. Expected completion: Fall 1996, 1-15 SOUTH TEMPLE to CENTERVILLE: Crews continue a rotomill and overlay project on northbound and southboundI-15 between South Temple and Centerville. There will be no road work Tuesday and Wednesday; Rotomill & Plant Mix Seal Projects shoulder and outsidelane,for three miles beginning in work resumes Thursday paving South Temple north- bound. Crews are working Monday through Saturday from 7 p.m. until 5 a.m. Multiple lane closures take place in various locations throughoutthe project area. An alternate route is U.S, 89, Although workis doneat night to minimize delays, motorists may be delayed in the evenings. Expected completion: August 1996. 1-215 (2400 West) 2100 SOUTH to the JORDAN RIVER:Concrete pavementrepair continues on 1-215 between 2100 South and Utilities Say Tax Would Be Oppressive @ Continued from B-1 working weekdays, Watchfor signs and expect somede- lays. Expected completion: Summer 1996. Rotomill and plant mixseal projects continue during ley. Severe lane restrictions are in effect; use alternate routes. Locations this week are 1. 3300 South: State Street to 1300 East 2. 1300 East: 2700 South to 3300 South 3. 5600 West: 4700 South to 2100 South 4. SR 171 (3500 South): 5100 West to 5600 West 5. SR-48 (Bingham Hwy): 4000 West to Copperton 700 East 7500 SOUTHto 9400 SOUTH: A majorreconstruction project continues on 700 East from 7500 South to 9400 South. 8000 South will be closed for two weeks; traffic will be detoured to 8100 South. Expect short-term side street closures, reduced speed limits and narrow lanes 7800 South to 8900 South. The project includes widening 700 Eastto fourlanes, adding a center turning lane, new this out,” he said, noting that it may be possible to charge a reduced fee in the rural part of the state. Fox is negotiating a contract ers in the east, according to Gibbs. The rural companies have be- gun to lodge protests with state legislators and Republican Gov. MikeLeavitt. “We are going to let them come ap with something,” said Gibbs, “but we wantto let them know we are watching.” + So, too, is oneofthestate’s larg‘est utilities, the giant cable pro- .Mder Telecomimunications Inc. =! Dick Friedman, TCI's general ‘managerfor Utah andIdaho,said talks with the state have reached an impasse. While it generally agrees the state ought to prevent chaosonits rights-of-way, the cable company contends the state has no right to raise general-purpose revenue with the fee. Friedmannoted that local and county governments already charge utilities for the right to serve, franchise fees of 5% on sales. The proposed $1 per foot annual charge would be a heavy burdenforutilities, he said. * “We would literally be out of business,” hesaid. ‘That's literally whatthis amounts to. It sounds like a tax on business,butin fact it's a tax on people to expand I- Bob Fox, who oversees state with a Maryland consulting company that will be asked to suggest fair fees for rights-of-way use. Among the options that may be explored: WHaving the state build and operate a kind offiber-optic tollway that can be used byin-state and national phone companies that have been seeking rights-ofway access; B Hiring an outside company to managea state-built system; and WM Bidding out the fiber-optic system, seeking proposals to build and operatethe entire network or soliciting contracts to have several companies develop parts of the network. “We are trying to determine the best way to use the assets,” said LaVarr Webb, a high-tech policy adviser to the governor. “We do notwantto do anything to hurt the deploymentofthat[telecommunications] infrastructure, and at the same time we wantto make the best use of our resources,” The $1 per foot policy has been implemented for now in several 10-year contracts. The Transpor- tation Departmenthassaid it will adjust the fees whena final policy is decided. 8. Jordan May Allow Buiider to Mine Gravel South Jordan City leaders might allow a builder to mine gravelin their city if the company will build a two-block-long segmentof roadat a reducedprice. City officials are drafting documents that will allow Gilbert Western,the construction compa- ny extending the Bangerter Highway from 9000 South to 12600 South, to dig for gravel and roadbase on 145 acres adjacent to the highway. In exchange, the city will pay Gilbert Western $122,600 to complete 11400 South from the highway to 3600 West, saving about $50,000. Public Works Director Gordon Haightsays the agreement willdi- ddase PEAFF 733 $299 109. 09) PEAFE 799 9599 10g. 9 5 Thread Diff. Feed PAYLGEK 13409389 379 3-4 Thread W/Dell Feed Dave Dalton’s SHINGLETON'S minish construction traffic on South Jordan roads. City Council members will consider the proposal on Aug. 6. TOU FREE 1-800-286-4806, and flaggers. Significant delays are pos- roa y. y Fall Creek Reservoir. There will be no work 5. REDWOOD ROAD TO 3200 WEST: Road ments and widening continue on 9000 South from Redwood Road to 3200 West. Road capacity will be increased minutes traveling through the canyon on normal work days. Message signs are in place at the mouth of Provo Canyon, and in Heber City at the junction of U.S. 40. lane restrictions are in place, with stop-and-go traffic information on blasting times the day before and the day of the blast. During blasting, motorists can expect 30-40 minute delays while traveling the canyon. Blasting will usually take place in theearly afternoon hours (between noon and 2:30). INTERCHANGEat U.S. 89 and SR 75 IN SPRING: Crews continueintersection improvements at the US-89 and SR-75 Interchangein Springville. lelays are anticipated. Expected completion: July 1996. OTHER COUNTIES ‘These signs explain the delays for the day and will give mn. Severe throughout the 1-mile work zone. Motorists may expect intermittent one-way flagging operations. Motorists will notbe able to go north on 2200 West from 9000 South. Utility work at 2700 West restricts traffic to two lanes with no turns. Dueto high traffic volumes, motorists may expect significant delays. Alternate routes are recommended. Expected completion: Fall 1996. Highway 9000 SOUTH TO 12600 SOUTH: Work continues on the Bangerter Highway expansion from 9000 South to 12600 South. Crews will be removingtopsoil and placing San Juan County U.S, 191 at KANE SPRINGS ae ae eee on the Kane Springs bridge replacement located on U.S.191 approximately 12 miles south of Moab.Traffic is detoured around the existing bridge during demolition and construction of the new structure. Motorists may encounterdelays; watch for signs and flaggers. Expected pipes between 11400 South and 12600 South to begin the overpass structure. Watch for lane closures,flaggers and barricades. Expected completion: September 1997. STATEWIDE HIGHWAYS completion: Fall 1996. 1-80 NEAR WENDOVER:A 10-mile rotomili and resurfacing project continues on 1-80 from milepost 10 to milepost 20 near Wendover. Onelane of eastbound and westbound I-80 may be closed for the entire 10-mile stretch. Expected completion: August 1996. 1-80 LOW INTERCHANGE:Bridge reconstruction over Union Pacific railroad lines has reduced traffic to a Iron SR 14 MAPLE CREEK BRIDGE REPLACEMENT: Crews are replacing the Maple Creek bridge on SR 14, the road from Cedar City to Long Valley Junction. The speed limit is reduced to 35 mph. Motorists can e: minimaldelays. Expected completion: October 1996. Washington County I-15: ST, GEORGE TO ARIZONA BORDER:Crews continue a rotomill, overlay and chip seal project on I-15 from the south side of St. Georgeto the Arizona border. Interchange. Therailroad structure on SR 75 is closed for bridge rehabilitation; detours are in place. Watch for signs, barricades and flaggers throughout the 2-mile work zone. Expected completion: September 1996. Davis, Weber, Box Eider, Counties Lanerestrictions arein place during daytime hours, and the speed limit is reduced to 55 mph through the work zone. Expected completion: Fall 1996. Millard County SR 50 MILEPOST4.2 to MILEPOST 13.1: Crews will overlay asphalton nine miles of SR 50 in the Delta area. Lanerestrictions take place during daytime hours. Ex- 1-84 BETWEEN MORGAN and HENEFER: Reconstruction continues on 10 miles of I-84 between Morgan and Henefer. Westbound and eastboundtraffic is re- duced to one lane each way. Over-width vehicles are restricted from the work zone dueto narrow lanes andwill be detoured. Expect only minor delays. Expected com- pected completion: August 1996. Emery County pletion: Summer1997. DOWNTOWN OGDEN TRAFFIC SIGNALS: Several crews are upgrading 11 intersections and connecting 87 SR-10 HUNTINGTON CREEK BRIDGE REPLACEMENT: Crews continue the bridge reconstruction along SR 10 over Huntington Creek. The asphalt has been removed and theroadis rough. An advisory speed limit has beenposted at 35 mph. Expected completion:Fall 1996. different traffic signals for computerized sequencing throughout the summer. Drivers are urged to watch for flaggers and work crews, mainly on Washington Boulevard between 30th Street and 40th Street. Expected com- Utahns Prod Lawmakers to Allow Elk Ranching BY TOM WHARTON ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE A group of Utah ranchers lobbied legislators this week for regulations to allow them to begin raising domesticated Rocky Mountain elk. Using elk ranchers and veterinarians from Colorado and Idahoto bolster their case, proponents told the Utah Legislature's Energy, Natural Resources and Agriculture Interim Committee on Wednesday there is a ready market for breeding stock, elk antlers, meat and hunting of elk raised on ranches. Butthe Division of Wildlife Resources and Utah Farm Bureau urged lawmakers to move cautiously because of concerns aboutthe possibility of domestic elk spreading disease to cattle and wild elk. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, for example, believes raising captive elk on private game farms in states with wild, free-rang- ing elk populations poses a risk to wild elk herds because of the potential for disease transmission and genetic pollution from hybridization with escaped exotic farm animals. ButColorado elk rancher Dirk Hardman arguedthatthe landit takes to raise one domestic cow will suppportthree elk. This, he says, makes it possible for a small rancher with less than 100 acres of land to stay in business. Steve Wolcott, another Colorado rancher. has beenraising elk for the past 11 years. He says the animals are no wilder than domestic cattie. While most of his profit comes from selling velvet elk antlers to Korea and China wherethey have been used as folk medicine for the past 6,000 years, Wolcott said there also is a great demandfor elk meat from restaurants because it is low in fat. In most states where elk ranching is legal, the practice is regulated by the Departmentof Agriculture. Elk are required to be branded like cattle and enclosed in fences to keep them from mixing with wild populations. Those enclosures, though, do not always keep elk from escaping, a fact that concerns many state wildlife agencies since some do- mestic elk are hybrids. Genetic testing of captive herds in Colorado and Alberta revealed 10 percent and 11 percentof the elk, respectively, were red deer hybrids. Red deer, a native of Europe, can pose a threat to wild strains of Rocky Mountain elk. Since 1974, there have been 24 documented escapes of domestic elk froin Colorado ranches, 75% of which occurred after the state adopted new fencing regulations. Of the 400 elk which escaped, only 33 percent were re- covered orkilled. Tom Bingham of the Utah Farm Bureau worries that domestic elk broughtin from otherstates could cause outbreaks of brucellosis and tuberculosis. A tuberculosis outbreak in captive elk in Alberta in 1990 resulted in transmission of the organism to humans who handled the dead animals. Glen Zebarth of the Elk Research Council told legislators there are currently only three domestic herds in the United States with tuberculosis and no new cases have been reported since 1994. Areportissued by the Utah State University Extension Service said states and Canadian provinces that allow game farmingfindit difficult to return to the status quo. The report raised the question of who will be held economically liable for unforeseen and undesirable consequences should domestic elk cause problems. Steve Stoinski of the Division of Wildlife Resources said 16 states allow elk ranching. Wildlife directors in those states, he claimed, regret approving such ranching becauseofil- legal poaching and escape of animals into wild populations. A bill allowing elk ranching will likely sur- face during the 1997legislative session. Police Say Disagreement Led to Murder BY JOE WREN SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE OGDEN — A 25-year-old man was killed when he was run over overbya vehicle after he was shot at a party, apparently the result of a long-standing feud, potice said. 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