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I'm told by someone at Union Pacific that for some strange and incomprehensible reason, someone approved a switching station for the trains just east of 5600 West. The effect this has is to back up traffic going southbound to I-80 and northbound to California Avenue and beyond. Any time between 6am and 5pm that you encounter a train on this road, you can plan on 15+ minutes of wait time or join the crows of u-turners trying to find a way around it. Something has to be done. Why on earth can't we finish 7200 west to I-80 or do something about that stupid switching station? It adds almost the same amount of time to go around the train as to sit there and wait. How is is this acceptable? It's mindnumbingly aggravating to sit in your car waiting for a train for that long.All it does is send a bunch of angry drivers off to find another route and I watch them drive very aggressively after that and have trouble not doing the same because it's sooooo frustrating!
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UDOT Region 2 (Verifizierter Beamter)
Anerkannt Becky - UDOT Communications (Verifizierter Beamter)
Becky - UDOT Communications (Verifizierter Beamter)
Rob,
I'm sorry and I know the crossing is frustrating for drivers in that area. I have reached out to several people throughout our department and unfortunately there isn't anything we can do. Our chief railroad engineer also reached out to his contact with Union Pacific to see if there is something they can do to help alleviate the situation. I will let you know any information we receive.
I also spoke with our regional traffic engineer and he explained that public feedback is very important for the planning process and that comments like this help with the decision making process. Part of the process includes the Long Range Plan (LRP) which was recently adopted and released. As funding becomes available projects from the LRP will be addressed and the good news for this area in particular is that the it includes a railroad crossing on 5600 West. The project is part of phase one (2015 - 2020) of the plan. You can access the list of projects on the LRP on Wasatch Front Regional Council (WFRC) website. http://www.wfrc.org/new_wfrc/index.php/projects/project-lists/highway-projects/
Also included on the LRP is an extension of Mountainview Corridor that will provide an alternative between S.R. 201 and I-80. That section is listed in phase two of the plan.
I hope this information is useful even though it doesn't solve the problem immediately.
Alicia - UDOT Region 2 Traffic Operations (Verifizierter Beamter)
Becky - UDOT Communications (Verifizierter Beamter)
Becky - UDOT Communications (Verifizierter Beamter)
Becky - UDOT Communications (Verifizierter Beamter)
Becky - UDOT Communications (Verifizierter Beamter)
Becky - UDOT Communications (Verifizierter Beamter)
Becky - UDOT Communications (Verifizierter Beamter)
Geschlossen Becky - UDOT Communications (Verifizierter Beamter)