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Massive Project Underway Up Parley's Canyon

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Channel: KUTV 2 News Salt Lake City · 2013 · News & Politics

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(KUTV) A massive project up Parley's Canyon, along I-80, is getting underway. Crews are replacing two miles of an old and corroded metal pipe.

It's a busy time at Geneva Pipe in Orem as workers pour the concrete and pump out dozens of concrete pipes for the UDOT project. The pipes are 5 ½ feet in diameter and 12 feet long. Each one weighs about 16,000 pounds. The total number of pipes needed—871.

"This particular project is pretty unique because we are re-piping the mouth of Parley's Canyon. It's two miles," Vince Bussio with Geneva Pipe says.

UDOT says the current metal pipe was placed in the ground back in 1960 and has become old and corroded. That pipe sits about 30 to 40 feet right under the freeway.

"It's an 8 foot diameter metal pipe that has deteriorated quite a bit. What's happened is the bottom of the pipe is rusted out and that has created a significant structure problem with the pipe," Tim Rose with UDOT says.

The concrete pipes going in are built to last for a century.

"This pipe is the most sustainable storm drain pipe you can buy today," Bussio says. "We wanted to make sure we had a water tight pipe so the water doesn't leak out and create erosion."

UDOT plans to cap off the existing pipe and leave it in place.The new concrete piping will travel mostly along the south shoulder side of the freeway—that way traffic can continue flowing.

"The major requirement for the contractor was to maintain three lanes in each direction and that was the biggest, most complex, part of the project," Rose says.

The project is expected to go until November. Crews plan to have three lanes of traffic open in both directions during peak hours, holidays and weekends. Cars will be slowed at times for blasting and other construction work. 

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