Pedestrian bridges are common above some busy streets near schools in Utah. But a super-long, very expensive version will in the not-too-distant future cross Interstate 15 between the Orem FrontRunner station and Utah Valley University.
Because of redesign and rising costs from steel tariffs, the Utah Transportation Commission voted Friday to add an extra $10 million to what will now be a $30 million bridge for pedestrians. Completion is planned for fall 2020.
Commissioner Donna Law said she has raised concern about the cost, and noted in comparison that its price is equivalent to about half the $66 million the state set aside to study and solve congestion in crowded Little Cottonwood Canyon.