Interchange infrastructure funding and WIFIA deadline
Summary
Interchange design is about 80% complete with drainage issues being worked out, and UDOT won't let the city remove steel pipe from Main Street drive approaches, frustrating residents. The project has a new manager, Steven Loveland.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 5
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 30, 2026.
Impact analysis
$47,000 secured for approved drive-approach curb work; interchange costs carried by UDOT.
Commuters and Main Street businesses once the interchange and street work wrap up.
Main Street residents whose drive approaches still have steel pipe UDOT won't let the city remove.
Mentions & discussions (5)
City Council - Sep 30, 2026
UDOT plans to bid the I-15/Payson Parkway interchange in February 2027, and the city must hand over about $14–15 million for the infrastructure at that time. The city is rushing its WIFIA federal loan application; if it falls through, state infrastructure funding set aside by the legislature is a backup. PRI would repay the city through impact fees.
City Council - Sep 16, 2026
The big interchange project cleared its final design review. Bidding starts early 2027, construction next year — but the stretch from I-15 back to Main Street probably won't make the cut due to budget.
Payson City Council Meeting — September 16, 2026
UDOT's final design review is done and construction starts in 2027, with bidding in early 2027. A couple of holdout property owners may face eminent domain, and the stretch from I-15 back to Main Street likely won't get built due to funding.
City Council - May 6, 2026
Interchange design is about 80% complete with drainage issues being worked out, and UDOT won't let the city remove steel pipe from Main Street drive approaches, frustrating residents. The project has a new manager, Steven Loveland.
City Council - Feb 18, 2026
UDOT says the new interchange could break ground late 2026 or spring 2027, but the 800 South interchange upgrade is unfunded and needs to move from phase two to phase one in the regional plan. A public open house is set for March 11.
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