Traffic has returned to nearly normal on Utah highways

Remember how Utah traffic dropped during pandemic stay-at-home orders last spring? It bottomed out in April at just 63% of normal.That’s little more than a fond memory now.In the last week, Utah traffic on average statewide is now at 101% of what it before the pandemic hit, Carlos Braceras, executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation, told lawmakers on Friday.“So, we’ve come back.”However, before traffic rebounded, the state took a significant hit in its m