- Pavement replacement on 1300 East in Sugar House is underway with nighttime closures.
- Completion expected in four to six weeks using new high-tech pavement and methods.
- The nighttime closures seek to reduce travel impacts in the area amid other construction projects.
SALT LAKE CITY — Another project seeking to improve Sugar House's busy roadways is now underway.
However, Salt Lake officials say the work will take place at night in an effort to reduce traffic delays in the fast-growing neighborhood.
A full closure of 1300 East from 2100 South to Wilmington Avenue, including the intersection of 2100 South and 1300 East, will remain in place at night through Tuesday before work shifts to other parts of Salt Lake City's 1300 East Improvements Project area over the next few weeks. Work will take place from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. every day for the next few weeks, aside from Fridays and Saturdays, when it begins at 9 p.m., to potentially lessen travel impacts.
- Wednesday: Westbound I-80 on-ramp from southbound 1300 East and western side streets will be closed. 1300 East will be reduced to one southbound lane.
- Thursday: Westbound I-80 on-ramp from northbound 1300 East will be closed. 1300 East will be reduced to one northbound lane.
- Sept. 2-8: Following a break over the Labor Day weekend, 1300 East will be reduced to one lane in each direction between 2100 South and I-80.
- Mid-September: Repaving of 1300 East south of I-80 will begin. Drivers can expect lane shifts, with up to two lanes closed at night until the project ends sometime in the fall.
The 1300 East Improvements Project began earlier this year, seeking to replace aged pavement and add other improvements on 1300 East from 2100 South to Elgin Avenue by the Salt Lake City-Millcreek border. It also includes a new shared-use path that runs from Sugar House Park to the intersection with Highland Drive near 2700 South, as well as improved cyclist and pedestrian crossings at different points in the project area.
While an exact date for the pavement replacement completion isn't listed, it's expected to take a month to six weeks of night paving to complete, said Leah Jaramillo, a spokesperson for multiple Sugar House projects, during a Sugar House Community Council meeting earlier this month.
The city is coordinating with the Utah Department of Transportation to use a new "very high-tech pavement" along with a road replacement method that the city has never used before, she added. It'll help crews double the amount of pavement they can lay down at a time.
"In that section from (2100 South to I-80), we're trying to be really careful in getting done quickly and back quickly so that you can still get in and out of the businesses that are over there and/or onto the freeway," she said.
This week's update comes as construction is nearing an end on the larger 2100 South project. Lanes are expected to begin reopening in the next few weeks, according to Jaramillo. It's still on track to be fully completed by early October, in time for a major community celebration to mark the end of construction planned for Oct. 4.
