Highway project through Book Cliffs in eastern Utah suspended

A group of rural counties in Utah has suspended a highway construction project that would run through the Book Cliffs in Grand County.The group — called the Seven County Infrastructure Coalition — unanimously voted Friday to halt the project because of opposition from residents who live in the county where the highway would be built, KUER-FM reported.The 35-mile road was first proposed in the 1980s to move oil out of the Uinta Basin, county officials said. It was estimated to cost ab