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Yahoo
15-05-2025
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TRAFFIC ALERT: UDOT working to repair sinkhole off I-15 in Sandy
SANDY, Utah () — The Utah Department of Transportation is urging drivers to plan for delays as crews work to repair a sinkhole and replace more than 40 feet worth of damaged pipe on 10600 South. Crews have been working since Monday to fix the road. Currently, traffic is restricted to one lane on westbound 10600 South I-15 to 400 West. There are also restrictions on 700 West from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. during repairs. UDOT said the lane closures will stay in place through Saturday afternoon. Two lanes will remain open at night. Christine Gallegos' murder case solved after 40 years UDOT said that crews noticed a small hole on the shoulder and far right lane of the road a few weeks ago, leading to an investigation that revealed the pipe underneath was collapsing due to aging infrastructure. UDOT worked immediately to repair it. 'Safety is our top priority. That's why we have the inconvenience of the traffic control right now,' UDOT Roadway Operations Manager Jake Brown said. 'But this is a priority for us to get fixed, due to the heavy rains coming. We want to make sure the road is safe.' UDOT reported that in August 2023, a larger sinkhole appeared on the same pipeline down the road to the east. Brown said that pipes will often rust from the bottom up, especially during times of increased moisture. If those pipes collapse, the road can be compromised as well, regularly leading to a sinkhole. Utahns need 156-hour work week to afford median rent, report says 'The bottom of the pipe was rotted, and as the water keeps coming through, it gets weaker and weaker, so the pipe collapses in on itself and then the roadway sinks,' he said. '… We find we have a lot of problems when we get thunder bumpers or good, solid rainstorms. That really affects our drainage underneath.' UDOT said that this kind of deterioration can be difficult to track, but as crews had noticed a depression in the road earlier, they had been able to monitor it. 'We're always looking for different things as we're traveling down the road and maintaining our roads,' Brown said. 'If we see any problems whatsoever, we immediately pull over and investigate, make sure there is not a problem or do a temporary fix, and get a permanent fix planned.' UDOT said to keep in mind that construction schedules are weather-dependent and are subject to change, so make sure you visit the UDOT traffic website or download the UDOT app for updates. 100 Women Who Care is celebrating ten years TRAFFIC ALERT: UDOT working to repair sinkhole off I-15 in Sandy Nourish your body and the planet at Rawtopia 5 takeaways from birthright citizenship argument at Supreme Court Trump administration moves to roll back Biden-era PFAs water protections Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Health
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Baby Box unveiled in Goshen
GOSHEN — Women who are forced by state law to carry an unwanted pregnancy to term can safely surrender the infant in Goshen. The organization Safe Haven Baby Box installed a secure, climate-controlled box in a supplies garage behind the Goshen Fire Department's central station downtown. The location was chosen because there are no security cameras, allowing women to surrender their child anonymously. 'Once the door is closed, there's a weight sensor so there would be a call that goes to dispatch,' Mayor Gina Leichty explained Friday during the unveiling of the box. 'But there's also a notification that goes to the administrators of this fire station, so they know immediately that a child has been placed in the box. And it's also locked from the outside.' The organization 100 Women Who Care chose Safe Haven Baby Box to receive a $10,000 grant to install the device. Ongoing maintenance will be covered by a fund at the Community Foundation of Elkhart County. 'They came to us with the idea and we felt like it was certainly something that was welcomed by our fire department and the community. Certainly something that's a need, to provide just one more option for people,' Leichty said. 'While we hope that people are never faced with this kind of crisis, we hope that people know that there is this option available as an option of last resort. There's a safe way.' Under Indiana's Safe Haven Law, a person is allowed to surrender a newborn to an emergency medical services provider within 30 days of birth without being subject to prosecution for neglect or abandonment. No information is required from the person leaving the baby as long as there are no signs of abuse. After an infant is examined and given medical treatment if needed, the Indiana Department of Child Services takes it into custody through Child Protective Services or a licensed agency and the infant is placed with a caregiver. The Goshen location marks the 145th Baby Box in Indiana and the 321st in the nation. Monica Kelsey, CEO of Safe Haven Baby Box, started the organization in 2016 based on her own experience of being abandoned at an Ohio hospital shortly after birth in the 1970s. 'In my opinion, we would rather have a box and not need it than need a box and not have it. If a community doesn't have a Baby Box and there's a mother who can't go very far, what's going to happen?' Kelsey said. 'We see that all over America, every three to four days in America, a baby is dumped. ... That's not happening in Indiana anymore.'
