Officials warn that Labor Day weekend travel will be complicated by heavy traffic by vacationers leaving town, some ongoing road projects and FrontRunner shutting down half its line for testing on Saturday, and replacing trains with buses.
The Utah Department of Transportation warns that up to an extra hour may be needed to travel along Interstate 15 through Salt Lake and Utah counties on Friday between 2 and 8:30 p.m. because of holiday travelers headed out of town. The heaviest delays are expected around 5 p.m.
They also expected congestion on Thursday, but expected delays of only up to an extra 30 minutes then.