The planned resurfacing of SR-36 between 2000 North in Tooele City and Stansbury Park will not begin this month and will likely wait until June 1, state officials say.
Though the Utah Department of Transportation initially told the public that resurfacing on that stretch of SR-36 would begin in April, the contractor on the resurfacing chose to go with a later start date, said Jessica Rice, SR-36 Renewed project manager.
The contractor, Kilgore, decided to use the flexible-start option available in the contract with UDOT and went with the latest start date allowed under the terms of the agreement, which is June 1, Rice said.
She said UDOT writes flexible start options into its contracts because they help UDOT get better prices. In this case, she said, Kilgore was already working on a spring project for Tooele City and could only take on the SR-36 resurfacing in Stansbury after it finished Tooele’s project.
Despite the delayed start date, Rice said the resurfacing project shouldn’t interfere with any other road projects, such as Tooele City’s Main Street reconstruction or water main replacement (see SR-36 Renewed update box on A2).
Additionally, Rice said, while the delay will mean a longer stretch of SR-36 will be under construction simultaneously, the contract on the resurfacing requires Kilgore to maintain the flow of traffic at peak travel times. In the morning, Kilgore will be required to keep all northbound lanes open, and in the evening, all southbound lanes must remain open.
The bulk of Tooele City’s Main Street reconstruction is expected to begin in mid-June. However, UDOT has yet to select a contractor to undertake the project.
