Tue December 29, 2020 - West Edition #1 Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) 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 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-mi. (56-km) 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 back in 2015. The current proposal would run through East Canyon and would connect tourist destinations in eastern Utah, including Dinosaur National Monument and Arches National Park.