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Scotsman
16-06-2025
- Business
- Scotsman
Four generations of dedicated service at Stagecoach Fife
From great-grandfather to grandson, for the past 70-years one family has been at the heart of Stagecoach's operations in Aberhill, Scotland – and they're sharing their story for the first time for Father's Day Sign up to our daily newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Four generations of the Wight family have been an integral part of the depot since the 1950s. Ross Wight is currently employed as a Shunter at the company's Aberhill depot, following in the footsteps of his father, Davie, who currently works as a driver and Union Governor, as well as his grandfather and great-grandfather, who both served as Stagecoach bus drivers. The multigenerational service is a testament to the deep-rooted connection they share with Stagecoach and its ongoing work. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Over the years, each generation has brought invaluable experience and expertise, contributing to the ability to deliver outstanding service to passengers. The Wight family has seen Stagecoach evolve with technological advancements, operational improvements, and changes to industry standards. From early manual processes to modern innovations, they have adapted and contributed to the company's continued growth. The Wight Family Davie Wight, the third generation of the Wight family to join at Stagecoach, said: 'I followed in the footsteps of my father and grandfather and joined Stagecoach in 2000, and never looked back. My dad helped me secure an interview, just as I did for my son Ross when he passed his bus test. Throughout my career, I've had the privilege of meeting incredible people and building lifelong friendships, all thanks to Stagecoach' His son Ross added: 'A job on the buses is a job for life, I joined Stagecoach back in 2020 and I've made some great friends during my time here. I look forward to continuing my journey here for another generation.'
Sydney Morning Herald
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
‘Stop the show, there's a man dying': As three women struggled to save him, one item could have changed the outcome
Murray Wight was laughing at a comedian's joke, something about cheetahs and greyhounds, when his attention snapped away from the stage and onto a man who suddenly slumped into the theatre aisle. Cramped in the dress circle of St Kilda's Palais, it was dark and difficult to make out what had happened. 'Did he drop something? Is he looking for it on the ground?' Wight and his son leaned over, propping the man up. Within seconds, the scene on those theatre steps became life-and-death. Two nurses and an off-duty paramedic came clambering down the stairs in the darkness – one of the nurses falling and landing hard on her knees. They gripped the man and awkwardly heaved him over his armrest, launching into chest compressions in the aisle. Stunned, Wight and his son stepped back and watched, locked into their seats. Other theatre-goers twisted and craned their necks, shining phone lights to improve visibility. Loading In the 15 minutes it took for paramedics to arrive, Wight shifted from panic, to frustration, to anger. Finally, he heard the first beeps of a defibrillator. 'I yelled, at the top of my voice: 'Stop the show, there's a man dying.'' 'It's crazy': The case for a defibrillator mandate One of the first things triple-zero operators do when they take a call is check whether there is a defibrillator registered with Ambulance Victoria nearby. There wasn't one on the night of March 26 at Melbourne's Palais Theatre. Nor did the venue have a defibrillator registered with GoodSAM, the app for cardiac arrest first-responders. Australia records about 32,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests every year, which is 25 times the country's annual fatal road toll. Leading cardiologists and CPR advocates are unequivocal: thousands of Australians would still be alive today if a defibrillator had been nearby when they went into cardiac arrest. Yet there is no legal requirement for public venues and buildings to have defibrillators on-site in any state or territory, except South Australia. In Victoria, WorkSafe requires employers to have a defibrillator on-site if cardiac arrests are likely, and if it is a 'reasonably practicable' measure to manage the risk of death. 'A defibrillator is the number-one intervention that can save a life in the case of a cardiac arrest.' St Vincent's Hospital cardiologist Elizabeth Paratz As for public venues, registered and publicly accessible defibrillators are recommended, but not mandatory. South Australia's mandate demands defibrillators at public venues and threatens fines of up to $20,000 for any venue that does not comply. The mandate took effect for Crown-owned property – like schools, swimming pools, libraries and town halls – in January this year and will extend to some private businesses, buildings and public transport in 2026. Theatres, yoga studios and sports bars will be among those it applies to, and registering defibrillators within two weeks of installation is one of the strict requirements of the legislation. St Vincent's Hospital cardiologist Elizabeth Paratz said early defibrillation can improve a person's chances of surviving a cardiac arrest by more than double, and South Australia's mandate could easily be replicated Australia-wide. A person's cardiac arrest survival rate can decrease by 10 per cent for every minute a defibrillator is not used during CPR. Ambulance Victoria's median response time for cardiac arrest patients is eight minutes. 'A defibrillator is the number-one intervention that can save a life in the case of a cardiac arrest,' Paratz told this masthead. 'There's clear evidence of its benefits and its utility. On a practical level, it's crazy to have laws in one state that aren't national.' Paratz, in researching the topic, found that Australia's inequitable access to defibrillators contributes to avoidable deaths. NSW is considering mandating them in public venues, but it's not on Victoria's agenda, experts say. The Victorian government instead points to last month's ambulance cardiac arrest registry annual report, which found the state has Australia's best cardiac arrest survival rate – the third-best in the world. 'If [defibrillators] are applied to a person who is not having a cardiac arrest then nothing will happen. The cost is now acceptably low.' St Vincent's Institute laboratory head Andre La Gerche Loading The results are partly because of more than 10,000 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) registered in Victoria, which is more than in any other Australian state or territory, a government spokesperson said. 'We have also made it easier for sporting clubs and recreational organisations to access AEDs through a dedicated grants program,' the spokesperson said. The Victorian government has also rolled out AEDs across the V/Line and Metro Trains network. But St John Ambulance Victoria boss Gordon Botwright looks at the statistics differently. In 2023-24, 141 people were shocked by public defibrillators in Victoria – a record number – and 47 per cent of those people survived, the registry report boasts. Botwright argues those cases only account for a tiny fraction of the total 7545 people who went into cardiac arrest outside of hospital in Victoria that year, and the survival rate was far less overall – just 6 per cent. Applying the 47 per cent survival rate to the total number of patients, more than 3000 people's lives could have theoretically been saved that year if they had a public defibrillator nearby, Botwright said. The report notes that almost 80 per cent of the cardiac arrests happened at home. 'We've got an absolute sign here that we could move the 6 per cent [survival rate] to 47 per cent if we could apply defibrillators in publicly accessible spaces, or people could access defibrillators more readily, even in their homes and suburbs,' Botwright said. 'We could shift that.' St Vincent's Institute laboratory head André La Gerche said virtually all arguments against mandating defibrillators in public venues and spaces were either unfounded, or could be addressed. Loading Defibrillators are completely safe and cannot be misused, he said. 'If they are applied to a person who is not having a cardiac arrest, then nothing will happen. The cost is now acceptably low,' La Gerche said. 'The mandatory placement of defibrillators in public spaces results in awareness and also a degree of predictability, such that when an arrest occurs, the question is, 'where is the defibrillator?', rather than, 'is there a defibrillator?' 'These things save time and save lives.' Sue's son died. Years later, she saved Liam The last thing Liam Birch remembers is a footy being thrown in from the boundary, before his vision went blurry and he hit the ground face-first. Tony Freeman's reaction was instant. He ran over, began CPR, and called for a defibrillator. Within 10 seconds of applying the pads, 19-year-old Birch was 'pretty much back'. 'At first, I thought I was knocked out, but the ambulance let me know that I had a cardiac arrest,' Birch said. Years later, Birch found out the defibrillators at Wallan's Greenhill Reserve, where he was playing that day in 2018, were thanks to Sue Buckman – and the pair shared a tragic connection. Buckman set up Defib For Life after her son Stephen, also 19, went into cardiac arrest while training at Rupertswood Football Club in May 2010. The boys were years apart, but unknowingly rivals – Birch played for Wallan against Rupertswood when he went into cardiac arrest, and Stephen was on the opposing team, preparing to face off against Wallan before he died. Loading Andrew White, a paramedic on the sidelines, tried to save Stephen. He later co-founded Defib For Life, which is behind thousands of Australia's public defibrillators. 'The club didn't have a defibrillator, so all Andrew could do was just to go gung-ho giving his best CPR,' Buckman said. 'A few years later, [things came] full circle. They used a defibrillator [on Liam], and – hello – he's up and running around, as healthy as anything. I'm friends with his family.' On Anzac Day, another player at Rupertswood went into cardiac arrest for the first time since Stephen died 15 years ago. This time, trainers revived the 37-year-old reserves player with two shocks of a defibrillator – the very first defibrillator Defib For Life supplied. The man has since been discharged from hospital. Defib For Life is lobbying the AFL to mandate defibrillators at all levels of the game, Australia-wide, to show it values players equally. The league has not done so and did not respond to questions about the proposal. Buckman, now retired, still lives in a world of 'what-ifs'. What if momentum for her cause slows, and more people end up dead? What if there had been a defibrillator for her son? Would it have saved him? Nobody can know, and after that night at the Palais, Wight feels the same. When he yelled for the show to stop, quiet fell across the audience, and the house lights came on. Staff rushed hundreds of theatre-goers out, and the man who went into cardiac arrest was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene. Loading 'If they had a defibrillator on the scene straight away, they could have been [defibrillating] the guy within 1½ minutes, [or] two minutes of him going down,' Wight said. 'That outcome might have changed it.' Live Nation operates the Palais. A spokesperson for the company said the theatre has operational defibrillators in front-of-house and back-of-house areas, and staff are trained to use them. When this masthead attended a recent show at the theatre, there were no clearly marked defibrillators in the foyer, mezzanine level outside the theatre, or the dress circle. Citing a request for privacy from the dead man's family, Live Nation declined to provide more details about whether a defibrillator was offered to the first responders, the locations of defibrillators at the theatre, and why its defibrillators are unregistered. Ambulance Victoria lauded the courageous efforts of first responders at the Palais. 'We encourage everyone in the community to learn CPR and how to use an AED,' an ambulance spokeswoman said. Experts emphasise that it is not enough for defibrillators to sit on a wall, unused. They need to be registered, properly maintained and truly accessible 24/7. Paratz and La Gerche are among cardiologists leading the Australian Sudden Cardiac Arrest Alliance, a national steering committee advocating for public defibrillators to be mandated. Wight has become passionate about the cause since that night at the Palais. One visceral image motivates him: three women, barely able to move, desperately trying to save a dying man by torchlight on the theatre steps.
The Age
16-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Age
‘Stop the show, there's a man dying': As three women struggled to save him, one item could have changed the outcome
Murray Wight was laughing at a comedian's joke, something about cheetahs and greyhounds, when his attention snapped away from the stage and onto a man who suddenly slumped into the theatre aisle. Cramped in the dress circle of St Kilda's Palais, it was dark and difficult to make out what had happened. 'Did he drop something? Is he looking for it on the ground?' Wight and his son leaned over, propping the man up. Within seconds, the scene on those theatre steps became life-and-death. Two nurses and an off-duty paramedic came clambering down the stairs in the darkness – one of the nurses falling and landing hard on her knees. They gripped the man and awkwardly heaved him over his armrest, launching into chest compressions in the aisle. Stunned, Wight and his son stepped back and watched, locked into their seats. Other theatre-goers twisted and craned their necks, shining phone lights to improve visibility. Loading In the 15 minutes it took for paramedics to arrive, Wight shifted from panic, to frustration, to anger. Finally, he heard the first beeps of a defibrillator. 'I yelled, at the top of my voice: 'Stop the show, there's a man dying.'' 'It's crazy': The case for a defibrillator mandate One of the first things triple-zero operators do when they take a call is check whether there is a defibrillator registered with Ambulance Victoria nearby. There wasn't one on the night of March 26 at Melbourne's Palais Theatre. Nor did the venue have a defibrillator registered with GoodSAM, the app for cardiac arrest first-responders. Australia records about 32,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests every year, which is 25 times the country's annual fatal road toll. Leading cardiologists and CPR advocates are unequivocal: thousands of Australians would still be alive today if a defibrillator had been nearby when they went into cardiac arrest. Yet there is no legal requirement for public venues and buildings to have defibrillators on-site in any state or territory, except South Australia. In Victoria, WorkSafe requires employers to have a defibrillator on-site if cardiac arrests are likely, and if it is a 'reasonably practicable' measure to manage the risk of death. 'A defibrillator is the number-one intervention that can save a life in the case of a cardiac arrest.' St Vincent's Hospital cardiologist Elizabeth Paratz As for public venues, registered and publicly accessible defibrillators are recommended, but not mandatory. South Australia's mandate demands defibrillators at public venues and threatens fines of up to $20,000 for any venue that does not comply. The mandate took effect for Crown-owned property – like schools, swimming pools, libraries and town halls – in January this year and will extend to some private businesses, buildings and public transport in 2026. Theatres, yoga studios and sports bars will be among those it applies to, and registering defibrillators within two weeks of installation is one of the strict requirements of the legislation. St Vincent's Hospital cardiologist Elizabeth Paratz said early defibrillation can improve a person's chances of surviving a cardiac arrest by more than double, and South Australia's mandate could easily be replicated Australia-wide. A person's cardiac arrest survival rate can decrease by 10 per cent for every minute a defibrillator is not used during CPR. Ambulance Victoria's median response time for cardiac arrest patients is eight minutes. 'A defibrillator is the number-one intervention that can save a life in the case of a cardiac arrest,' Paratz told this masthead. 'There's clear evidence of its benefits and its utility. On a practical level, it's crazy to have laws in one state that aren't national.' Paratz, in researching the topic, found that Australia's inequitable access to defibrillators contributes to avoidable deaths. NSW is considering mandating them in public venues, but it's not on Victoria's agenda, experts say. The Victorian government instead points to last month's ambulance cardiac arrest registry annual report, which found the state has Australia's best cardiac arrest survival rate – the third-best in the world. 'If [defibrillators] are applied to a person who is not having a cardiac arrest then nothing will happen. The cost is now acceptably low.' St Vincent's Institute laboratory head Andre La Gerche Loading The results are partly because of more than 10,000 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) registered in Victoria, which is more than in any other Australian state or territory, a government spokesperson said. 'We have also made it easier for sporting clubs and recreational organisations to access AEDs through a dedicated grants program,' the spokesperson said. The Victorian government has also rolled out AEDs across the V/Line and Metro Trains network. But St John Ambulance Victoria boss Gordon Botwright looks at the statistics differently. In 2023-24, 141 people were shocked by public defibrillators in Victoria – a record number – and 47 per cent of those people survived, the registry report boasts. Botwright argues those cases only account for a tiny fraction of the total 7545 people who went into cardiac arrest outside of hospital in Victoria that year, and the survival rate was far less overall – just 6 per cent. Applying the 47 per cent survival rate to the total number of patients, more than 3000 people's lives could have theoretically been saved that year if they had a public defibrillator nearby, Botwright said. The report notes that almost 80 per cent of the cardiac arrests happened at home. 'We've got an absolute sign here that we could move the 6 per cent [survival rate] to 47 per cent if we could apply defibrillators in publicly accessible spaces, or people could access defibrillators more readily, even in their homes and suburbs,' Botwright said. 'We could shift that.' St Vincent's Institute laboratory head André La Gerche said virtually all arguments against mandating defibrillators in public venues and spaces were either unfounded, or could be addressed. Loading Defibrillators are completely safe and cannot be misused, he said. 'If they are applied to a person who is not having a cardiac arrest, then nothing will happen. The cost is now acceptably low,' La Gerche said. 'The mandatory placement of defibrillators in public spaces results in awareness and also a degree of predictability, such that when an arrest occurs, the question is, 'where is the defibrillator?', rather than, 'is there a defibrillator?' 'These things save time and save lives.' Sue's son died. Years later, she saved Liam The last thing Liam Birch remembers is a footy being thrown in from the boundary, before his vision went blurry and he hit the ground face-first. Tony Freeman's reaction was instant. He ran over, began CPR, and called for a defibrillator. Within 10 seconds of applying the pads, 19-year-old Birch was 'pretty much back'. 'At first, I thought I was knocked out, but the ambulance let me know that I had a cardiac arrest,' Birch said. Years later, Birch found out the defibrillators at Wallan's Greenhill Reserve, where he was playing that day in 2018, were thanks to Sue Buckman – and the pair shared a tragic connection. Buckman set up Defib For Life after her son Stephen, also 19, went into cardiac arrest while training at Rupertswood Football Club in May 2010. The boys were years apart, but unknowingly rivals – Birch played for Wallan against Rupertswood when he went into cardiac arrest, and Stephen was on the opposing team, preparing to face off against Wallan before he died. Loading Andrew White, a paramedic on the sidelines, tried to save Stephen. He later co-founded Defib For Life, which is behind thousands of Australia's public defibrillators. 'The club didn't have a defibrillator, so all Andrew could do was just to go gung-ho giving his best CPR,' Buckman said. 'A few years later, [things came] full circle. They used a defibrillator [on Liam], and – hello – he's up and running around, as healthy as anything. I'm friends with his family.' On Anzac Day, another player at Rupertswood went into cardiac arrest for the first time since Stephen died 15 years ago. This time, trainers revived the 37-year-old reserves player with two shocks of a defibrillator – the very first defibrillator Defib For Life supplied. The man has since been discharged from hospital. Defib For Life is lobbying the AFL to mandate defibrillators at all levels of the game, Australia-wide, to show it values players equally. The league has not done so and did not respond to questions about the proposal. Buckman, now retired, still lives in a world of 'what-ifs'. What if momentum for her cause slows, and more people end up dead? What if there had been a defibrillator for her son? Would it have saved him? Nobody can know, and after that night at the Palais, Wight feels the same. When he yelled for the show to stop, quiet fell across the audience, and the house lights came on. Staff rushed hundreds of theatre-goers out, and the man who went into cardiac arrest was ultimately pronounced dead at the scene. Loading 'If they had a defibrillator on the scene straight away, they could have been [defibrillating] the guy within 1½ minutes, [or] two minutes of him going down,' Wight said. 'That outcome might have changed it.' Live Nation operates the Palais. A spokesperson for the company said the theatre has operational defibrillators in front-of-house and back-of-house areas, and staff are trained to use them. When this masthead attended a recent show at the theatre, there were no clearly marked defibrillators in the foyer, mezzanine level outside the theatre, or the dress circle. Citing a request for privacy from the dead man's family, Live Nation declined to provide more details about whether a defibrillator was offered to the first responders, the locations of defibrillators at the theatre, and why its defibrillators are unregistered. Ambulance Victoria lauded the courageous efforts of first responders at the Palais. 'We encourage everyone in the community to learn CPR and how to use an AED,' an ambulance spokeswoman said. Experts emphasise that it is not enough for defibrillators to sit on a wall, unused. They need to be registered, properly maintained and truly accessible 24/7. Paratz and La Gerche are among cardiologists leading the Australian Sudden Cardiac Arrest Alliance, a national steering committee advocating for public defibrillators to be mandated. Wight has become passionate about the cause since that night at the Palais. One visceral image motivates him: three women, barely able to move, desperately trying to save a dying man by torchlight on the theatre steps.
Scottish Sun
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Scottish Sun
SAS war hero who fought in Falklands SLAMS Labour for ‘persecuting & betraying veterans' on 80th anniversary of VE Day
AN SAS war hero has attacked Sir Keir Starmer for betraying Britain's veterans – on the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Falklands War legend Aldwin Wight, who led 22 SAS regiment, led a surprise assault on No10, raging that: 'The trust between veterans and their former employer, the government, is broken.' 2 Retired Brigadier Aldwin Wight, 72, has accused the Government of betraying veterans on the 80th anniversary of VE Day Credit: YouTube Wight, a former Brigadier, issued a rallying cry to fellow veterans to 'foment a public outcry against the government'. In a three page dossier, released tomorrow, entitled "commanding officer's statement," he accused the Labour government of 'institutional amnesia'. He said veterans who served in Northern Ireland faced decades of legal witch hunts which had "denigrated their service," ruined soldiers lives and left many of them trapped in a "doom loop". He wrote: 'This persecution of veterans is inexplicable, in fact bewildering.' Wight, who led the SAS from 1992 to 1994, added: 'Having directly contributed to the defeat of the IRA, bent on using murder as a political tool, the veterans of this campaign now find themselves prosecuted by their former employer, the Government they served and trusted, whilst the terrorists have been absolved of their crimes and set free, even compensated.' It comes after Keir Starmer wrote an open letter to all veterans to say 'how thankful we all are' on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe Starmer said the debt to veterans 'can never be repaid'. Wight accused the Prime Minister of forgetting how violent the IRA were. He wrote: "Nowadays there is a collective institutional amnesia in government of the level of violence perpetrated by the IRA: 4,000 murders, indiscriminate bombing campaigns in Northern Ireland and the mainland, an attempt to kill a Prime Minister, murdering Mountbatten, attacking the City of London, Omagh and other horrors, endless assassinations." He said the terrorist would never have been beaten and the Good Friday peace never agreed without the work of the SAS and local police. SAS legend who stormed the Iranian Embassy forced to launch public appeal to pay crippling care home costs He wrote: 'The SAS, because of its experience and capabilities, drew the hardest task – apprehending armed terrorists when the intelligence indicated a major attack.' He said all of the operations had 'ministerial approval' and strict rules of engagement. But he added: 'It is worth remembering the nature of these operations. 'The reality was that a small team was tasked to apprehend armed terrorists, often in the dark, in chaotic and fast changing circumstances. 2 Starmer said the debt to veterans 'can never be repaid' Credit: Peter J Jordan 'There was always a direct threat to soldier's lives.' But he said: 'Professional, committed and experienced soldiers were willing to undertake these operations and face the risks, as they believed they were defending our freedoms.' In Mach The Sun revealed how the SAS association accused governments of 'badly letting down' veterans. It urged its members to break cover – and declare their Special Forces backgrounds – in order to lobby MPs about comrades who are 'unjustly hounded for doing their duty'. In February a Northern Irish coroner sparked outrage among veterans by ruling the SAS had no justification for shooting dead four IRA terrorists armed with assault rifles and an anti-aircraft gun. Former SAS Regimental Sergeant Major George Simm, 70, slammed the coroner's ruling as 'absurd'. Tory MP David Davis, who served in the SAS, said Justice Michael Humphreys was 'demonstrably wrong' and had 'ignored plain facts of the case'. Veterans Minister Al Carns, who served in the Special Forces, said the government would seek a judicial review to overturn the finding.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
2025 Utah construction season begins — here's what projects are in store
SALT LAKE CITY () — You may be seeing more cones on the road soon as construction season kicks off. The Utah Department of Transportation will be focusing on 152 new construction projects, worth $1.68 billion, as well as an additional 145 continuing projects. These include repaving highways and creating new interchanges and bridges, as well as measures for better pedestrian access, such as building trails and improving transit options. Utah union leaders gather more than double the required amount of signatures in referendum process Rob Wight, UDOT Region I director, said that these projects have been years in the making, with lots of coordination between cities, counties, and planning organizations. 'Our partners with our consultants, engineers, and our great folks and our employees here at UDOT, have spent a lot of time putting this together before you actually even see construction going on out here on the road,' said Wight. UDOT says to remember as crews are working to improve the state's transportation, drivers should plan for potential delays, and remember to slow down and be safe in work zones. 'Every day, Utahns are out driving to work, picking up kids, heading to the mountains or just getting where they need to go,' UDOT Deputy Director Lisa Wilson said. 'Our job is to make sure those trips are as safe and smooth as possible. These projects might cause some short-term delays, but in the long run, they'll mean better roads, less congestion and a safer and more reliable way to get around — no matter how you travel.' 1800 North and I-15 intersection: Davis County – $385 million 'This project will build a new interchange at the intersection of 1800 North and I-15 in Clearfield. Additionally, to accommodate current and future travel in the area, 1800 North will be widened up to 2000 West, an overpass at 500 West to cross the railroad will be added and other measures are planned to create space for a future Hill Air Force Base entrance gate. Work began in March and is expected to finish in fall of 2027.' I-84 bridges in Weber Canyon: Morgan County – $52 million 'UDOT will replace two I-84 bridges over the Weber River and Union Pacific Railroad just west of the Weber Canyon rest area. First, a new eastbound bridge will be constructed immediately to the south of the existing bridges. Once complete, the new eastbound bridge will accommodate all traffic while the existing structures are removed, and the westbound bridge is constructed. The project is underway and is anticipated to take two years to complete.' I-215 from SR-201 to North Temple: Salt Lake County – $190 million 'Crews will repave three miles of I-215 and 14 miles worth of ramps on SR-201, I-80 and California Avenue. In addition to repaving, 22 bridges will be repaved, a new drainage system will be installed and pavement will be preserved for the next 15 years. This project is expected to start this summer and is anticipated to take two years to complete.' I-80 from SR-36 to SR-201 and SR-36 from Stansbury Parkway to I-80: Tooele County – $38.4 million 'UDOT will widen this growing corridor and add an auxiliary lane on eastbound I-80 from SR-36 to the SR-201 on-ramp. Additionally, a northbound lane on SR-36 from Stansbury Park to the I-80 eastbound on-ramp will be added. Work is underway and will continue through summer of 2026.' Geneva Road from University Parkway to 1800 South: Utah County – $34.4 million 'Crews will widen the road to two lanes in each direction and create a center turn lane. Additionally, this project will add bike lanes, a 10-foot-wide shared-use path on the east side of the project area and a sidewalk on the west side. Construction is anticipated to begin this summer and conclude in fall of 2026.' US-189 from Wallsburg to Charleston: Wasatch County – $53.1 million 'This project in Provo Canyon will widen US-189 to two lanes in each direction, create a signalized intersection at US-189 and SR-113 and enhance the Island Beach Day Use Area entrance. Wildlife protection measures will also be part of this project. Construction is expected to begin later this summer and wrap in late winter of 2026.' US-6 from Chicken Hollow to Tie Fork: Utah County – $59.9 million 'Crews will widen US-6 from two lanes to four lanes – with acceleration and deceleration lanes at the Sheep Creek intersection – and add a center median. Additionally, drainage in the area will be improved to accommodate recent issues. Construction is expected to start this fall and last approximately two years.' US-191, north of Summit: Duchesne County – $30.75 million 'UDOT will add a two-mile-long passing lane and increase the number of shoulder and chain-up areas. Crews will also add a variety of safety measures, including drainage improvements and guardrail and fencing additions. Construction is scheduled to begin April 21 underway and expected to wrap by the end of next year.' I-15 from Kanarraville to South Cedar interchange: Iron County – $90.3 million 'This project will create a 13-mile-long northbound climbing lane on I-15 from the Kanarraville rest stop to the South Cedar interchange. Additionally, the project will widen I-15 to three northbound lanes, tying in an existing three lane section constructed in 2020. The project will also reconstruct the northbound side of the Hamilton Fork interchange to improve clearance and construct a roundabout on the east side of I-15, next to Exit 51. Construction is anticipated to begin in May and is expected to conclude by December 2026.' 5600 South in Roy and Riverdale: Weber County – $361 million 'This year, the 5600 South Improved Mobility project will begin phase three of its construction. This includes construction on the middle and side of I-15, as well as the reconstruction of 5600 South. Construction is expected to last through the summer of 2026.' Bangerter Highway interchanges: Salt Lake County – $415.3 million 'For more than a decade, UDOT has been working to eliminate stoplights on Bangerter Highway by converting intersections into interchanges. UDOT is currently building our new interchanges at 9800 South, 13400 South, 2700 West and 4700 South, with completion expected by the end of the year.' Midvalley Express route: Salt Lake County – $104.1 million 'Led and funded by UTA, UDOT will begin major construction of UTA's third bus rapid transit (BRT) route. This brand-new, seven-mile route will have 15 stations and provide a valuable connection to UTA commuter rail and light rails. The construction of this all-electric line will also include the creation of 1.4 miles of bus-only lanes and priority traffic signals to speed up the transportation of public transit users. Construction is expected to wrap in fall 2026.' Mountain View Corridor: Utah County – $466 million 'Four new miles of freeway are being constructed to connect 2100 North in Lehi to Porter Rockwell Boulevard in Herriman. This project includes upgrading the intersection of 2100 North and Redwood Road with a new bridge, installing wildlife fencing and creating a multi-use trail. Construction is expected to last through the spring of 2026.' SR-162 and SR-262: San Juan County – $152 million 'Crews are continuing paving work to improve safety on state routes in San Juan County on the Energy Corridor. This year, crews will also install fiber-optic cables, cattle guards and drainage systems. Construction is expected to last through the spring of 2026.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
