Construction crews are speeding ahead with a flurry of projects along St. George's always-busy Bluff Street corridor. The series of projects, including new intersections at St. George Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard and a widening from five lanes to seven, started earlier this month and are slated to be done by the fall, and they won’t include the type of major structural changes described in the original plans.
The project includes an overall widening and new lanes between Sunset Boulevard and St. George Boulevard. At Sunset Boulevard, previous plans for a large “flyover” bridge and other changes have been dropped in favor of a smaller project that would function more as a realignment of the existing ground-level intersection than a complete overhaul.
At St. George Boulevard, changes to the turning lanes, including a dedicated lane that will take eastbound travelers and allow them to turn directly into the northbound lanes on Bluff Street, are expected to accommodate more vehicles and allow better over traffic flow.
The project is expected to cost some $40 million, with much of those funds going to property purchases and other costs associated with clearing enough room for it. Eventually, more than two dozen businesses will need to be moved, with a total of nine buildings to be removed. The Spectrum
