Pony Express Parkway Expansion Update

The Pony Express Parkway widening project from Porter’s Crossing to Redwood Road will begin construction this spring. Since this section of Pony Express is in both Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs, the project will be funded by Mountainland Association of Governments and managed by UDOT. Eagle Mountain City had planned to pay the additional cost of a traffic light at SilverLake Pkwy. However, we recently received good news that the bids for the project came in below budget. This means that we will be able to include the additional traffic light at no additional cost to the City. Yea! Over the last six months there has been considerable discussion on the location of that light. Both Woodhaven Blvd. and SilverLake Pkwy were seriously considered. Both have positive and negative characteristics. Ultimately, SilverLake Pkwy won out after considering winter road maintenance, event traffic at the amphitheater, and the fact that the SilverLake Pkwy intersection would also be the entrance to the Mt. Saratoga residential development on the north side of Pony Express Pkwy in Saratoga Springs. Concerns regarding access to and from Pony Express Pkwy from Copperbend Rd. and Woodhaven Blvd. will be addressed with acceleration and turn lanes being added as part of the widening project. Updates will be provided on this project as the process continues. Mayor Tom Westmoreland