Salt Lake City | Transit and Airport Developments

[SLC Projects]

Cool pics, thanks for sharing. so where is this new maintenance station at?

[s.p.hansen]

I used my impressive Microsoft Paint skills to create these helpful modified maps in response to your question.

A: TRAX stop @ 2100 South on the Sandy line.

B: New TRAX Maintenance Station in South Salt Lake off of South 900 West.





This is also part of the TRAX West Valley line as you can see by comparing both the first map with this second one.



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A: TRAX stop @ 2100 South on the Sandy line.

B: Original TRAX Maintenance Station in Midvale at 613 W 6960 S.





This is also part of the TRAX Mid-Jordan line as you can see by comparing both the first map with this second one.

[delts145]

Downtown - New North Temple Viaduct & Light Rail To Airport Project

The North Temple viaduct, a major connector between the core
of Utah's capital city and points west.


This artist's rendering shows a rebuilt North
Temple viaduct looking south toward The Gateway with FrontRunner
going under the overpass and the airport TRAX line extending across
the viaduct, with total cost of the remake set at $71 million. Source:
Utah Transit Authority

The $71 million rebuild is a key part of Utah Transit Authority's future
light-rail TRAX line to Salt Lake City's International Airport. That project
is projected to cost $350 million.

The new structure will descend at 400 West instead of 300 West,
Carpenter said, with a built-in TRAX lane, security lighting, bike and pedestrian
paths, and a transfer station where riders can switch between FrontRunner and TRAX.


Deseret News


Deseret News


By S.P.Hansen

http://www.utahurbanforum.com/demoli...4-10.html#wrap

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[s.p.hansen]

While we're on the subject of the North Temple Viaduct:

[delts145]

Downtown Salt Lake Pushing To Put Street Cars On Fast Track

By Derek P. Jensen
The Salt Lake Tribune

Hopping a streetcar from the new Harmon’s near City Creek Center to the FrontRunner hub — or jumping off in between at, say, Capitol Theatre or The Gateway — may be possible sooner than imagined.

Calling it “reasonable” to assume the federal government will fund half of Salt Lake City’s downtown streetcar project, a consultant has put the capital in position to score the $37.5 million as early as next year.

Redevelopment Agency officials expect to hear this fall if their grant application to launch a so-called alternatives analysis is approved by the Federal Transit Administration. If it is, the groundwork — including engineering studies for a two-phase streetcar circulator — already is complete. That means by January the city could plow forward with an environmental impact review that would pave the way for a federal funding request.

“They seem to have a habit of trying to find a way to fund streetcar projects,” Charlie Hales, senior vice president with HDR Engineering, said about the feds, which he called the city’s “new best friend.”

“We want to be ready.”

On Tuesday, Hales told the City Council, acting as the RDA Board, that Washington’s attitude toward transit has pivoted from “uncooperative” to “very supportive” under the Obama White House. He praised Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood as a true believer in transit. And he called it very wise to have the technical work done and “prudent to pursue” money from Congress for the city’s streetcar vision.

Until now, City Hall had been exploring local funding options, including assessment districts, tax-increment financing, parking surcharges or tapping hotel taxes or downtown sales tax. But given already bleak budgets and the flat economy, raising the $75 million seems unrealistic.

The streetcar’s first phase, estimated at $50 million, would begin on the corner of 100 South and 200 East, jog south along 200 East, then turn west on 200 South. It would stretch to 400 West then turn south to 300 South and access the Depot District by skirting around the north end of the Rio Grande building.

“There’s a lot of sensitivities there,” Hales said, adding that navigating Rio Grande will require negotiations with the state. “But it could be a much more lively place.”

Councilman Carlton Christensen worried the 200 East portion could hinder the parade routes for Pioneer Day or the Pride Festival. (The streetcar could be shut down those days.) And he wants to explore a mid-block alternative — zipping the streetcar from Harmon’s to 200 South halfway between State Street and 200 East.

“It seems like it’s on very solid footing,” Christensen said, “and is certainly a direction we want to pursue.”

Phase two, projected at $25 million, would extend south along 400 West to 900 South before swinging east to connect to the 900 South TRAX station. It is designed to energize the Fleet Block and complete the transit circulator. And it would set up future extensions on 900 South to 900 West and 900 East.

The city is working to shore up streetcar support with business owners in the Granary District, the LDS Church, the Downtown Alliance and others. Engineers insist the wide streets are a benefit and say that a street like 400 West can accommodate both a streetcar and TRAX train with a car lane in between. A similar design works in Portland, Ore., officials said.

Yet some things would have to change. Consultants are recommending more urban zoning downtown, parking maximums, more mid-block streets and the prohibition of drive-through facilities. They also suggest the city keep its management options open in case a streetcar contract with Utah Transit Authority does not happen.

City leaders still are waiting to hear about their federal funding request for the Sugar House streetcar.

But with an election looming, and concern about spending driving a potential GOP takeover of the U.S. House, could cash for streetcars be in danger?

Probably not, Hales said, pointing to a host of grant programs including Urban Circulator. “It gives us some fear,” he said about the election. But LaHood “really believes in this agenda. He’ll be able to work with the Congress regardless of who’s politically in control.”

“Aren’t they going to tell us how to use it though,” Councilman Luke Garrott quipped about the money. “Because if they are, we probably don’t want it.”

Just in case his sarcasm had escaped some, Garrott deadpanned that it was awful to use federal cash to keep teachers employed.

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[photoLith]

Salt Lake City is freakin going crazy right now, its amazing to say the least.

[delts145]

It's Official:

Originally Posted by nickfreakingrules

From Mayor Becker's face book page:

Just announced: #SLC gets $26 million from stimulus funds to bring streetcars back to town. Sugar House line will be first. We are ready to build. More details soon.

Originally Posted by SLC Projects

Sugar House streetcar project awarded $26 million in federal funding

October 20th, 2010 @ 10:16am
By Jared Page

SALT LAKE CITY — The Sugar House streetcar project was awarded $26 million Wednesday in the second round of stimulus funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The announcement is expected to jump-start construction of the two-mile streetcar line from the 2100 South TRAX station to the old Granite Furniture building in Sugar House.

"I am pleased to announce that by securing the TIGER II grant, we have identified a crucial piece of federal funding to take the Sugar House Streetcar from vision to reality," Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker said. "Our community and local economy will benefit tremendously by the rapid development of this core transit improvement and the jobs the project quickly creates."

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=12896889


Great news.

[delts145]

Originally Posted by delts145

It is amazing that we are going to be beginning the return of Streetcars in Salt Lake this Spring (WOWZAA!!!) and at the same time adding new lines of Commuter Rail and Light Rail. Salt Lake City and Metro is on Fire.


SLC scores $26 million for Sugar House streetcar

By Derek P. Jensen
The Salt Lake Tribune

The second time was the charm, big time, for Salt Lake City’s streetcar desires.

Mayor Ralph Becker announced Wednesday that the federal government has awarded Utah’s capital with $26 million for the Sugar House streetcar, meaning the long-planned project could be complete by Christmas 2012.

The U.S. Transportation Department funding will pay the bulk of the $40 million to $45 million project, which will extend two miles from the Central Pointe TRAX station near 2100 South east to McClelland Street in the Sugar House business district.

“We are all enormously appreciative of the Obama administration,” said Becker, who lobbied unsuccessfully for an initial round of grant funding before getting good news on round two late Tuesday. The money marks “a return of steetcars to Salt Lake.”

Five stops are planned along the new line, expected to travel roughly 25 mph. Utah Transit Authority officials say a construction bid will go out immediately and work is expected to begin in the spring.

“This entire corridor is going to be quite transformative,” City Councilman Soren Simonsen said. “We’re kind of going back to the future.”

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Originally Posted by Future Mayor

As for the zoning along the route. The Sugar House Future Land Use map has Medium Density Housing (8-20 units per acre) almost entirely along the north side of the tracks between 9th and McClelland, as well as both sides of the tracks between 7th and 8th.
http://www.slcgov.com/ced/planning/d...garHouseMP.pdf

SoSaLa Future Land Use Map: http://www.ssl.state.ut.us/ECON%20DE...Use_Aerial.pdf
Area between 3rd and 5th as New Mixed Use on both sides of the tracks and is designated as and RDA area.

Everything between State and Main and 21st and I-80 has already been zoned Mixed Use, RDA designation.

Everything from 3rd West to Main, and 21st to the tracks is New Mixed Use, with and RDA designation.

So yes it looks as if both cities have anticipated the Street Car line along this route. So once a developer acquires the properties in these areas, he will be able to apply for a zone change, consistent with the Future Land Use map. A zone change in this instance will be much easier as it has already been approved on the land use map and the zone change is simply a formality to adopt that map. (it's not easy, it's just easier)

Originally Posted by delts145

Thanks for that info. Future Mayor.

Here's another concept rendering of the Streetcar

Concept drawing of Sugar House Streetcar (Salt Lake City)

Originally Posted by Stenar

When I lived in Norway, the commuter trains, light rail and streetcars mostly went through people's back yards, but had very well developed TODs next to every stop.

There are actually few back yards along the Sugar House line. It's mostly old warehouses because the train tracks that were there existed to deliver goods to those warehouses. Those warehouses could either be converted to housing, or more likely be demolished and taller, high-density housing built along the line.

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[delts145]

Sugar House streetcar to be a ‘model’ for U.S.

By Derek P. Jensen
The Salt Lake Tribune

On a sun-kissed Sugar House street corner, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood shined 26 million rays of light Wednesday on a once-thriving Salt Lake City hub rendered weak by the recession.

By signing a $26 million check for a Sugar House streetcar line, LaHood is helping to resuscitate both a century-old transit model and, potentially, one of the capital city’s iconic neighborhoods.

There was little doubt from the clap-happy crowd of 100 huddled around the Sugar House monument.


(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune)

(Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune) U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood presents city officials and UTA with the $26 million federal award for the Sugar House streetcar Wednesday October 27, 2010. The U.S. Transportation Department funding will pay the bulk of the streetcar line, which will span two miles from the Central Pointe TRAX station (near 2100 South and 220 West) east to McClelland Street (1045 East) in the Sugar House business district.

“Since the buildings on the corner have been gone, we sure felt it,” said Kathryn Allen, manager of the nearby furniture store Home Again. “It will bring a lot more pedestrians. It will revive Sugar House.”

Light even gleamed off the puddle circling the much-derided “Sugar Hole” across the street. That vacant lot on the corner of 2100 South and Highland Drive was the symbolic heart of a more-vibrant Sugar House before shops were bulldozed and construction financing put out of reach.

“I expect it to raise our property values,” smiled Tamisa Burns, whose backyard on Simpson Avenue abuts the streetcar route. “We’re really excited to be able to ride it to TRAX and take it to the Utes game and not drive. This will add character.”

It also checks a key box on Washington’s transportation map, designed under President Barack Obama to be a web of new transit connections funded largely with stimulus funds.

“You’re a model now, you really are,” LaHood told the crowd, praising the partnership of Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake and Utah Transit Authority for planning the two-mile line between the old Granite furniture block and Central Pointe TRAX station near 2100 South and 200 West. “Americans can still build great things.”

LaHood, who was “impressed” after touring the route, said the streetcar will be a lifeline for jobs and more. “They’re reviving the same neighborhoods they once helped create.”

In this case, it also will buoy a long-planned trail that will parallel the tracks on its way to connect Hidden Hollow in Sugar House with the Jordan River Parkway.

“We’re now working on it much more aggressively,” said Juan Arce-Larreta, chairman of PRATT, the Parley’s Rails, Trails and Tunnels coalition. “It was an idea, but it didn’t really have legs. This will fast-track it.”

Barbara Green, secretary of the Sugar House Merchants Association, called it fitting to focus the streetcar on one of the city’s historically most colorful commercial corridors. She thanked LaHood for investing in “this unique pocket of Salt Lake City.”

But the project does not come without concerns. If the streetcar line stimulates business, traffic congestion is sure to follow. Some homeowners worry about crime and sacrificed privacy. And Burton Brown, who lives on Simpson Avenue, worries about beeping crossing arms that could “drive me nuts.”

“I support it,” he said, “as long as it’s done right.”

Total cost for the project is pegged at $55.5 million. The check from the feds plus a $5 million contribution from Salt Lake City and South Salt Lake make up $31 million. Another $18 million comes from UTA between the agency’s 2002 purchase of the corridor and its funding for three streetcars, according to agency spokesman Gerry Carpenter.

That leaves about $6 million, which Carpenter says may be reduced in the bidding process due to low costs of materials. “We’re confident we can get there,” he said.

But officials are not taking any chances. Moments after LaHood signed the cardboard check, UTA General Manager Mike Allegra yelled, “where’s the nearest Sugar House bank?”



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[delts145]

The Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City will be
the launching point of Salt Lake's resurrection of streetcar
transportation. Pictured below is Sugar House Park and it's
specatacular urban vistas, which are commonplace amongst the
three metros of the greater CSA.

By Edgar Zuniga

Originally Posted by Future Mayor

I love that all the dignitaries arrived at the monument on a bus.
Very appropriate.



US Dept of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood


Making the money official

Pics by Future Mayor

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[manrush]

Based on the concept art of the streetcar, it seems that one of Bombardier's Flexity trams will be running on that rout.

[delts145]

Downtown -

TRAX Airport Light-Rail Line
Construction Project/ North Temple Street Viaduct Rebuild Update

Originally Posted by s.p.hansen

The Old Viaduct

Image by KSL


Image by T-Mac


Image by KSL


Image by libel_vox

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TRAX Airport Line Construction / North Temple Street Viaduct Rebuild Update


Image by KSL

• Video Link


A lot of energy in the Viaduct project is currently being expended
on finishing a new underground City Creek (the real one) conduit.

My previous picture:


The picture I took today:


In this new picture City Creek is now running so dry (as is common and natural in the later fall / winter months) that they are able to divert the water through some flexible, smaller, black, temporary pipes.





The actual viaduct structure is progressing quickly.

By S.P.Hansen

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[delts145]

...Airport TRAX line ahead of schedule - North Temple will reopen next summer, not October

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...-schedule.html

SALT LAKE CITY — Weekend placement of steel girders for a downtown viaduct puts the reopening of North Temple and the Utah Transit Authority's Airport TRAX line ahead of schedule...

...The six-mile airport line is expected to open in 2013 with the line extending to Terminal 1 at the Salt Lake International Airport...

...The viaduct portion of the project accounts for $71 million of the $350 million Airport TRAX line.

Animated depictions of the North Temple transfer station can be seen at www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYfOWEgq7hQ.

View an animated depiction of the airport terminal "Welcome Center" at www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhQPQY_3_yM.


An architectural rendering shows a proposed replacement bridge for the North Temple viaduct, including a TRAX line down the center of the roadway. (Salt Lake City Corp)


Utah Transit Authority workers place one of the final girders on the new North Temple viaduct in Salt Lake City Sunday. Crews spent the morning moving the girders into place over the Union Pacific and FrontRunner tracks at 150 N. 500 West. City officials say this development puts bridge construction ahead of schedule, with the viaduct expected to open by early next summer. "It's certainly moving along faster than we originally had anticipated," said Salt Lake City Councilman Carlton Christensen.

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[delts145]

Originally Posted by Orlando

I'm curious I-215. Why are you so passionate about automobile transportation as your preferred approach to planning? Is it a personal love affair with cars, etc., or do you actually have a good argument for that kind of approach to planning?

Originally Posted by i-215

I'd write a longer response, but it's 12:45 AM and I worked 10 hours today.

Basically, the automobile has opened up freedom of choice in a way human history has never seen before:

- Instead of being forced to live along specific transit lines, a person can live where they like.

- It's widened choices from a past world of just high-density housing, to one with a spectrum of options ranging from high-rise penthouses to sprawling country estates (with most Americans choosing a good balance in the middle).

- It's allowed the general public to truly explore America. When else in human history could the lay public be the master of their own vacation? To say goodbye to rail schedules or the beaten path.

- It's created one of the few remaining "shared democratized experiences" .... the traffic jam. In a world where a chasm separates the rich and the commoner, the good ole' Angelino-style rush hour is no respecter of persons.

The car is a wonderful invention. A world without it would be a much darker, more unjust place. But along the way we made a few mistakes:

- We allowed G.M. to tear out our existing rail infrastructure. The goal of the car was to give consumers options, not to trade one mode for the other entirely.

- We bet only on gasoline and diesel. That makes transportation vulnerable to horrible volatility (which thankfully we've avoided for the most part, other than the 70s oil crisis).

- We mandated car-only zoning policies in all parts of town, which destroyed some urban areas.

Thankfully, I think we are on track to remedy all three problems.

- The Wasatch Front is making a huge investment into LRT to restore what rail infrastructure we once had ... but we still have a long way to go. If gov't spends money wisely, LRT will benefit both motorists and non-motorists alike. (But if they mismanage the money, it'll be a colossal waste).

- I'm starting to see three potentially viable electric cars hit the market. Honda has it's CNG car selling fairly well. In my lifetime, I believe I'll see a cafe of marketably viable fuels.

- Cities are recreating zones where the pedestrian is king. I do believe there need to be specific places that are urban, especially near rail stops. But I oppose trying to turn every ounce of city into urban zones. It waters down the efforts to revitalize parts of town. Take Midtown Villiage, for instance. It's the wrong purpose at the wrong place. That's car country in Orem. Now, if the developer had tried to build it in downtown Provo, or next to a future Frontrunner stop, perhaps it wouldn't have failed.


Anyway, long sleepy ramble short .... the car (despite it's expenses and moderate environmental impacts) has done more good to "democratize" society and allow each person to be "more in charge" of their life. (Not be a victim of train schedules, bus fare, etc.) It's not a one size fits all approach. I can drive a smaller car to save money. I can drive more economically to save more. Or I can peel out at lights in my SUV if that's my provocative. As opposed to just paying a one-size fits all fare, that might not serve my needs.

The mistake was taking away the old rail lines which force people to have to drive cars, even if they didn't want to. Did I already say that? Oop. Looks like I did.

Goodnight. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

* end of ramble *

Thankyou 215, I am personally grateful to you and those like you with a passion for a reasoned approach that supports liberty and the freedom of choice. God bless the future of CNG as a bridge, Electric cars, and the Wasatch Front's LRT, Commuter Rail, and the Trolley!!

Bennett: light rail among proudest contributions

By Thomas Burr
The Salt Lake Tribune

Washington • When Sen. Bob Bennett was fighting for federal cash to bring light-rail service to the Salt Lake Valley, he says some south valley folks were none too happy and showed their displeasure during a convention of Salt Lake County Republicans in the 1990s.


(Jim Urquhart | The Salt Lake Tribune) Passengers prepare to board a TRAX train as makes a stop at Arena Station after a Jazz basketball game Monday, November 30 2009 Salt Lake City. Thursday marks 10 years TRAX has been transporting riders along the Wasatch Front. 11/30/09

Every other politician speaking at the event was welcomed with a standing ovation and applause.

Then, “Here comes Senator Bennett, and there are a round of people standing up and clapping and this group literally sitting on their hands and the issue was light rail,” Bennett recalled recently in the waning days of his elected service.

Bennett says his work to secure federal funds to partially pay for the now expanding network of Utah Transit Authority TRAX trains was justified when, after the first main line was up and running, those critics wanted to jump to the front of the line and get their own light rail spur.

“Now, with one or two very small exceptions, that part of the valley is strongly in favor of light rail,” Bennett said.

UTA announced recently that its Mid-Jordan and West Valley TRAX lanes will open Aug. 7, 2011, part of an expansion of the service that within five years is expected to include more than 70 more miles of track, including completion of the FrontRunner commuter line from Ogden to Provo.

Without Bennett, much of it may have never happened.

The outgoing senator, who was denied a fourth term by GOP delegates, is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and helped steer federal funding to UTA’s projects.

During a reception in Washington recently, UTA presented a cake in the shape of a FrontRunner train heralding Bennett for his work.

“Senator Bob Bennett’s visionary leadership has transformed Utah into a world-class state and a wonderful place to live and work,” the cake read.

Bennett, whose term ends in early January, says there are many things he’s proud of from his 18 years in office, many of which may not have been well known. TRAX is one, though, that’s a constant reminder.

“As I look back at the things I’ve been able to do for Utah, light rail is perhaps the most visible,” Bennett said.


Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, speaks to a group of Utahns in a Capitol office building on Nov. 17 while a cake shaped like the Utah Transit Authority's FrontRunner awaits cutting. UTA provided the cake and heralded Bennett for his work to obtain federal money for the project.

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[s.p.hansen]

This is not to be confused with the Sugar House street car line which is already funded and could open as soon as 2012.

Salt Lake City awarded grant for downtown streetcar study

KSL

SALT LAKE CITY — The Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City has been awarded a $470,000 federal grant to study options for a downtown streetcar system.

The Salt Lake City project was among 24 selected to receive a share of $25.7 million from the Federal Transit Administration. The funds will help Salt Lake City explore alignment options and operating concepts for a downtown streetcar system.

Mayor Ralph Becker said the funding allows Utah's capital city to take a "giant step" toward development of a streetcar system and provide more transit options for residents and visitors.

"With a daytime population that doubles every day, the City Creek development under way and the expansive growth of our downtown core in Salt Lake City, the timing of this funding to increase our transit options couldn't be better," Becker said in a news release.

Analysis of the streetcar system will be conducted by a technical advisory team that includes the city's divisions of transportation, engineering, housing and urban development, planning, sustainability and economic development, as well as the Utah Transit Authority.

The study area encompasses the section of downtown bordered by 500 East, 600 West, South Temple and 900 South.

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=13750661


Here is a quick illustration of the border in SLC in which the street car study will take place:



Here is a proposal cited from a previous Deseret News Article about the city asking for Federal Money to begin the downtown system.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...ar-system.html

[geoking66]

Wouldn't it make more sense for the Sugar House and Downtown streetcars to be extensions of TRAX?

[Beta_Magellan]

Light rail vehicles are heavier than trams, so installing the tracks for light rail is more expansive. The trams can run on light rail tracks (at least at low speeds downtown), though, so its cheaper to start up with a shuttle running mostly along existing tracks before the bigger phase II expansion.

Still, since it looks like so much of downtown alignment will be shared with TRAX, it seems strange that they’re not just extending all their light rail lines south to make an upside-down U downtown (or even all the way around to make a two-way downtown loop).

[Makid]

There are plans for a downtown Trax loop as well as an extension of the University line along 4th south to the central hub.

[delts145]

Mayor Ralph Becker: Streetcar success reflects state of Salt Lake City

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...Lake-City.html

SALT LAKE CITY — Ralph Becker left most of his trophies on the shelf Tuesday night, preferring to showcase the
one he says best reflects the state of Salt Lake City.

Departing from the traditional listing of accomplishments, Mayor Becker kept his State of the City address short and
focused on the future by highlighting one of his administration's top priorities of 2010: the Sugar House streetcar.

"This project reflects — in style and in substance — the goals, values and priorities we have set for our great city,"
Becker said during his 17-minute speech at the Salt Lake City-County Building. "It exemplifies our continued commitment
to move Salt Lake City forward despite challenging economic conditions." ...

Transit Updates - Central/West Metro -

Originally Posted by SLCdude

Here's all the pictures I could snap before the blizzard came in:

West Valley









Bridge near Maverick Center (E-center)









West Valley City Hall







I don't remember where this was. I think it's where the West Valley line crosses the Jordan River.



Mid-Jordan

By SLCdude

Airport Trax Line

Originally Posted by s.p.hansen

Well I have some bad news and some good news.

First the bad news. Getting pictures of the actual developing part of the Airport TRAX line is very hard to do
by foot.

And as can be ascertained in this photo I attempted this evening, I don't have a very good skill yet when it comes
to putting my desired elements of a given shot into focus (notice how the dumpster is the focal point in this picture ).



The Good news is that I have no problem trespassing and that I'm going to be taking free online classes that came
with my camera.

By S.P.Hansen

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[s.p.hansen]

January Viaduct Update

Since last month visible changes at the Viaduct project have been:

1. More work on the deck itself in preparation for the pouring of concrete.
2. A massive excavation on the east side of the Viaduct to remove old pipe and such and prepare new pipe and for Geofoam.
3. The placing of many blocks of Geofoam on the west side of the Viaduct.



















FrontRunner is so awesome!



















This artist's rendering shows a rebuilt North
Temple viaduct looking south toward The Gateway with FrontRunner
going under the overpass and the airport TRAX line extending across
the viaduct, with total cost of the remake set at $71 million. Source:
Utah Transit Authority