Highway Safety Improvement Roadside Safety efforts are targeted towards keeping vehicles from leaving the roadway and mitigating crash severity when vehicles do leave the road. UDOT uses rumble strips, cable barriers, guardrails, and concrete barriers are all used to mitigate crash severity.
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) has begun a two-mile safety improvement project on U.S. Highway 191 between La Sal Junction and Hole-‘N’-The-Rock that will require regular road closures to accommodate blasting.
The project aims to improve recovery for vehicles that wander from the travel lanes by excavating into existing rock cuts and upgrading barrier to new standards or removing barrier where slopes can be leveled.
SCHEDULED FULL ROAD CLOSURES of up to 45 minutes.
Blasting is anticipated to continue through December.
Scheduled closures are posted at least one week in advance.
Full road closures of up to 45 minutes for blasting may occur MONDAYS through FRIDAYS between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 Noon to protect the safety of both workers and travelers. Delays of up to an additional 45 minutes are possible after the road is reopened to single-lane, alternating traffic.
At other times, single lane closures with alternating traffic and delays of up to 20 minutes may be anticipated.
Motorists should be prepared for lower speeds and traffic queues due to the lane closures and the effect of the steep grade on larger vehicles attempting to start and stop.
Project impacts to travel can be found on the UDOT Traffic website, www.udot.utah.gov/traffic.
Please help others plan their travel around these times by sharing this web page address with others: www.udot.utah.gov/go/191blasting.
Updated December 10, 2019
Construction Inquiries
udotregion4@utah.gov
Project Manager
Brett E. Anderson (435) 979-4545 beanderson@utah.gov
