UDOT wants to convert Highway 89 into a freeway in Davis County

The Utah Department of Transportation is proposing to convert U.S. 89 into a full freeway in Davis County to connect Interstates 15 and 84.That preferred alternative in a new draft environmental study released Thursday is designed to relieve severe and worsening congestion on the 10-mile corridor, as well as to improve safety and even speed up east-west traffic that crosses it.But an opposition group says putting a freeway in what is now almost an entirely residential area will attract commercia