/ Flickr The proposed Eastern Utah Regional Connection highway would connect Vernal and Moab through the Book Cliffs. Highway-191 (pictured) currently connects the two towns. A controversial highway through the Book Cliffs in Grand County won't go forward at this time. A group of rural counties called the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition voted unanimously to suspend the project in a meeting Friday, citing opposition from Grand County, where the highway would be located. The 35-mile road, which was first proposed in the 1980s, was estimated to cost around $350 million dollars in 2015. Originally, it was meant to move oil out of the Uinta Basin, but now project proponents say it’s meant to connect tourist destinations in eastern Utah, like Dinosaur National Monument and Arches National Park.