Giving the west side of Salt Lake County an extra blessing to count on Thanksgiving, four new freeway-way like interchanges on Bangerter Highway were completed Monday — while officials announced plans to accelerate work on three more.
“It’s making a big difference in travel times. It’s making it safer out here,” said Carlos Braceras, executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation.
He said that at a ceremony celebrating completion of a $208 million project that converted four intersections into freeway-like interchanges at 5400 South, 7000 South, 9000 South and 11400 South.
UDOT also used the event to announce it is speeding up plans for three other similar conversions at 6200 South, 10400 South and 12600 South.