Highway project through Book Cliffs in Utah suspended
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Dec 21, 2020 at 4:58 pm EDT
SALT LAKE CITY — A group of rural counties in Utah has suspended a highway construction project that would run through the Book Cliffs in Grand County.
The group — called the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition — unanimously voted Friday to halt the project because of opposition from residents who live in the county where the highway would be built, KUER-FM reported.
The 35-mile (56-kilometre) road was first proposed in the 1980s to move oil out of the Uinta Basin, county officials said. It was estimated to cost about $350 million in 2015.