Logan gets $900,000 for road improvement at 200 East and Center

By Jen Pulham

March 18, 2005 | LOGAN -- Mayor Doug Thompson recently announced that Logan city will be receiving $900,000 for city streets. The money, which comes from a transportation act passed last week by the U.S. Congress, will be used at the intersection of 200 East and Center streets.

Currently, 200 East stops at Center Street; Logan will be using the money to create a road through this intersection to 300 South. This area was chosen because of a $2 million study conducted five years ago by the Cache Metropolitan Planning Organization. The CMPO determined through origination and destination studies that of all the roads and intersections in Logan, 200 East needed the most help, Thompson said.

Three parks, Central Park, Pioneer Parkway, and Garff Wayside Gardens, are currently all one large park facility covering more than 17 acres. The new road will divide the area, although nothing will be done to the individual parks themselves.

Thompson also plans to put in a new stoplight with the money. "We can put in a traffic light, reroute Canyon Road a little, and elevate roads between parks." One traffic light costs between $250,000 and $700,000, so the remaining money will be used to improve the roads, he said.

When more money comes, Thompson hopes to continue building the road further south. "Eventually we want to go all the way to Providence." But for now, the road will stop at 300 South.

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